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Starobesheve District (Donets'k, Ukraine)

Starobeshevs'kiy rayon

Старобешевський район

(2:3)
from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

The Flag
Coat of Arms
Starobesheve City - Coat of Arms

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The Flag

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"It was confirmed at September, 21, 2000. The rectangular panel with ratio 2:3 has two horizontal fields - green and purple - with narrow dark blue belt edged by yellow on which placed the yellow meandr - national Greek ornamental pattern. Green color means wealth and nature of the region. Purple means dignity and strength. Blue belt means Kal'mius river that flows through region. Meandr means first Greek founders of settlements in this region."
Dov Gutterman, 14 June 2002

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"It was confirmed at September, 21, 2000. The shield per fess by vert and purple and have narrow azure fess with or meandr - national Greek ornamental pattern. There is or tractor in the top field an argent lozenge in the bottom field. The lozenge accompanied by two or lights. Light bottoms united in the lower part of the shield, and light tops directed to the middle of the shield's sides. Emblem frames by two or ears, which are twine by the azure ribbon with name of region. The autors are O.Kyrychok, E.Malaha."
Dov Gutterman, 14 June 2002

Starobesheve City - Coat of Arms

Старобешеве

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Was confirmed at December, 26, 1997. The board per fess azure and vert colours, on an intersection narrow terracota a fess with Greek ornamental pattern of or colour (meandr). In a top - five houses disposed as an oblique cross, in a lower half of board - flowing past in bend sinister an azure river attended at the upper right and below at the left by two or ears. The author is O.Kyrychok.
Village is founded by the Greek settlers, which have given such title to a settlment ("Besh-ev" in translation designates "five houses "), that is reflected in a upper half of coat of arms traditional Greek ornamental pattern is invoked to magnify derivation and historical past of a settlment.
Village is disposed on the river Cal'mius - second-largest river of Donbas, about what symbolizes a silhouette of the river at the bottom of a board.
Two ears and vert colour at the bottom of the coat of arms as the character of an agriculture are invoked to show, agriculture, as a whole, and cultivation of grain crops, in particular, during all history were main sort of activity of the local residents, such they remain and now."
Dov Gutterman, 17 July 2004