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According to presantation given by Andriy Grechylo, President
of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society at ICV20 (Stockholm, 2003):
"Contemporary Flags of the Ukrainian regions: Old traditions
and new designs", Zhytomir County has already a new flag
replacing an former flag which was a triband.
Dov Gutterman, 4 August 2003
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
"It was confirmed at April, 11 2003. It is a rectangular
panel of red color with a ratio of the sides as 2:3 in which
center is the arms of Zhytomyr. It imposed on a yellow direct
cross. The height of the arms makes 2/5 heights of a panel, width
of the arms is 2/9 width of the flag. The width of the sides of a
cross makes 1/18 width of the flag."
Dov Gutterman, 7 November 2003
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image from the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
"It was confirmed at April, 11, 2003. The gules shield is
divided quarterly by an or fillet cross, in the center is azure
escutcheon in which is the argent city arch with an open gate and
three towers - the arms of Zhytomyr.
In the first part is argent Arhistratig Michael with a sword and
sheath omitted from top to bottom. In the second part is the
argent horseman on a horse. In the third part is argent patty
cross. In the fourth part is or sun with sixteen beams. The board
is crowned by an or city crown with three merlons and three rye
ears which bases on a gold rye sheaf weaved by tapes in which
center it is represented state emblem. The shield bordered by the
or wreath from rye ears, in bottom part of it are cones, leaves
of hop and flowers of flax. A wreath weaved by the blue-yellow
tape.
This territory is part of four historical lands of Ukraine:
Kyivs'ka, Polissya, Volyn' and Podillya. These lands had own
arms. Arms of Kyivs'ka land from ?IV century was argent
Arhistratig Michael in a gules field. The arms of Polissya as
territories of the Great Princedom Lithuanian from the end XIII
up to XVIII counted arms of Princedom - "Pursuit" - the
argent horseman on an argent horse. There are variants of the
image of "Pursuit" where the horseman has a gules board
with "Calumnies" - the sign of Hedymynovychi, Grand
Kyiv dukes of the Lithuanian dynasty. The western part of area
was part of the Volyn'. The arms of Volyn' is argent cross in a
gules field. The or sun in a gules field is the most ancient
variant of the Podillya arms. This territory included a southwest
part of oblast'. With red flags with the yellow sun Podillya
regiments with command of king Jagajlo and Grand duke Vitol'd
(Vitautas) fought near Hrunval'd in 1410. In the time the field
of a Podillya emblem has changed on argent (white), even later -
on azure (dark blue). The first variant of the arms is offered in
the arms of oblast'.
Capital of area is Zhytomyr. The present arms of city is
represented in the escutcheon.
Or fillet cross in the arms symbolizes old traditions of
Christian spirituality of oblast', one of cradles of Slavic
peoples and Ukrainian people.
The frame of the arms recreates the public name of area, from a
word "rye" ("zhyto"), and also agricultural
crops - flax and hop. Blue-yellow tapes transfer colors of a
Ukraine national flag. The connected build and vegetative crowns
symbolize unity of cities and villages of oblast', because build
crown is a symbol of cities, and vegetative crown is a symbol of
villages. State arm specifies the state status of oblast'".
Dov Gutterman, 7 November 2003
Soviet era name: Z^itomir.
António Martins, 10 July 1999
