List of Ukrainian flags

Summary

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.

The national flag of Ukraine

State flag edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1918–1920; 1992–Present State flag and Naval Jack Two stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom).
  Vertical variant of State flag

Presidential Standard edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1999 Presidential standard of Ukraine. The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags edit

Flags of service branches edit

Flag Date Use Description
  N/A Flag of the Ministry of Defence Raspberry color field with Ministry of Defence logo in the center.
  Flag of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Raspberry color field with General Staff logo in the center.
  Flag of the Armed Forces Raspberry color field with Armed Forces logo in the center.
  Flag of the Ground Forces Raspberry color field with Ground Forces logo in the center.
  Flag of the Navy Blue cross with the State flag of Ukraine flag located in the canton.
  Flag of the Air Force Blue field with Air Force logo in the center.
  Flag of the Air Assault Forces (Until 2018) A blue-green bicolor with the emblem of the airmobile forces in the center.
  Flag of the Special operations forces

Command Standards edit

Flag Name
  Standard of the Minister of Defense
  Standard of the Chief of the General Staff
  Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Ground Forces
  Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Air Force
  Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Navy
  Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of National Guard
  Standard of the Head of Border Guard
  Standard of Ukrainian DSNS Head
  Ukrainian Department of the State Guard Head Standard
  Standard of Ukrainian Security Service Head
  Standard of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Maritime flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  2006– Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
  1997– Search and rescue ships
  Auxiliary ships
  2001– Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
  1993– Sea Guard jack of Ukraine
  1918– Pennant Blue cross.
  2001– Sea Guard Pennant Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
  N/A Red Cross for hospital ships Red cross.

Former flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1992–1997 Naval jack of Ukraine
  N/A Naval jack of Ukraine
  1993–2001 Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine
  1918, 1992–present Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
  N/A Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
  1994–2006 Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross.

Personal naval flags edit

Flag Date Use
  April 7, 1997 – President of Ukraine.
  Flag of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
  Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Navy.
  Ukrainian Minister of Defence flag at sea.
  January 19, 1999 – Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
  Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.
  Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
  Ukrainian Navy Commander of Ship Group flag.

Former flags edit

Flag Date Use
  April 7, 1997 – January 19, 1999 Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
  Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
  Flag of Deputy Commander of the Navy.
  Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.

Government and non-military security forces edit

Flag Date Use Description
  State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
  2002 Security Service of Ukraine
  2008 Special Communications Service Ensign
  Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs
  2014 National Guard flag Blue field with National Guard logo in the center.
  State Emergency Service
  State Emergency Service
  2003 Customs Service Ensign
  Anti-Monopoly Committee Ensign
  2004 State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate Ensign
  2003 State Statistics Service Ensign
  2006 State Service for Financial Monitoring Ensign
  2003 State Reserve Agency Ensign
  Treasury of Ukraine
  2016 State Service for Transportation Safety

Flags of Ukrainian regions edit

Flags of oblasts edit

Flag Use Date Description
  Flag of Cherkasy Oblast 1998 Oblast coat of arms on blue field
  Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast 2001
  Flag of Chernihiv Oblast 2000
  Flag of Donetsk Oblast 1999
  Flag of Dnipro Oblast 2002
  Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 2001
  Flag of Kharkiv Oblast 1999 Oblast coat of arms on crimson field
  Flag of Kherson Oblast 2001
  Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast 2002
  Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast 1998
  Flag of Kyiv Oblast 1999
  Flag of Luhansk Oblast 1998 Oblast coat of arms in top left corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars
  Flag of Lviv Oblast 2001
  Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast
  Flag of Odesa Oblast 2002
  Flag of Poltava Oblast 2000 Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field
  Flag of Rivne Oblast 2005
  Flag of Sumy Oblast 2000 Oblast coat of arms on blue field
  Flag of Ternopil Oblast 2003
  Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast 1997
  Flag of Volyn Oblast 2004
  Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2001
  Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast 2009
  Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast 2003

Flags of cities with special status edit

Flag Use Date Description
  Flag of Kyiv 1995 Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield.
  Flag of Sevastopol 2000 Seal of the city.

Flags of other cities edit

Flag Use Date Description
  Flag of Cherkasy 1995
  Flag of Chernihiv 2008
  Flag of Chernivtsi
  Flag of Dnipro 2012
  Flag of Donetsk (Zakharovo-Khartsyzk) 2004
  Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk 1995
  Flag of Kharkiv
  Flag of Kherson
  Flag of Khmelnytskyi 1997
  Flag of Kropyvnytskyi 1996
  Flag of Luhansk 2006
  Flag of Lviv 1991
  Flag of Lutsk 2007
  Flag of Mykolaiv 1999
  Flag of Odesa 2011
  Flag of Poltava
  Flag of Rivne 1993
  Flag of Simferopol 2006
  Flag of Sumy 2000
  Flag of Ternopil 1993
  Flag of Vinnytsia
  Flag of Uzhhorod 1990
  Flag of Zaporizhzhia 2001
  Flag of Zhytomyr 2007

Regional and minority flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1917 Flag of the Crimean Tatars Currently, only the light blue flag is used, which is now an ethnic flag. The golden colored damğa was used in the upper left corner of the flag and sometimes in the center.
  1917–1918 Religious flag of the Crimean Tatars
  Military flag of the Crimean Tatars

Historical flags edit

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1119–1349

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1848–1918 Supreme Ruthenian Council

Cossack Hetmanate edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Zaporozhian Sich

1700–?

  Historical flag of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Crimean Khanate (1441–1478) edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1441–1478 Flag of The Crimean Khanate a blue field with a golden Giray tamga in the canton

Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1917–1918 Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
  1917 Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic (non-official)
  1918–1919 Flag of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Hutsul Republic
  1918 Naval flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
  1918–1920 Flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR
  1918–1920 Naval flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR
  1918 Naval flag of the Ukrainian State

Maritime flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1918 Naval flag
  N/A Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called Andreevskiy (St. Andrew's) flag
  1918 Naval Ensign of the Ukrainian State
  September 17, 1918 Naval Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine
  Hetman as the Admiral
  Flag of a member of the Hetman family in the admiral rank
  Flag of the Black Sea Fleet Commander
  Flag of the War Minister
  Flag of the Marine Minister
  Flag of Comrade Marine Minister
  Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
  Flag of the Chief of the General Naval Staff
  Flag of the Chief of the Marine General Headquarters
  Flag of the General Commander of the Naval Forces
  Flag of the Chief Commandant of the ports of the Black and Azov Seas
  Flag of the Port Commandant
  Flag of the Ambassador of the Ukrainian State
  Flag of the Messengers (heads of diplomatic missions)
  Flag of the Consul General, Consul and Vice-Consul
  Rear Admiral
  Vice Admiral
  Admiral
  1918 Naval jack
  October 1992 to 1995 The naval ensign of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Royal Family standards edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1918 Personal Standard of Pavlo Skoropadskyi
  Royal Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine (land use only)
  Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine
  Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine
  Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine

Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1930s–present Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykite) (unofficial until 1955) Tryzub on a blue field
  1941–present
1942–1956
Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderite) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army Bicolor of black and red

Flags of occupational powers edit

Ottoman Empire edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1478–1499 Flag of The Ottoman Empire (disputed)
  1517–1774 Flag of The Ottoman Empire (disputed)

Poland and Lithuania edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1349–1587 Royal banner of Poland
  1561–1587 Royal Banner of Lithuania
  1587–1592 Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  1592–1599 Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Vasa Dynasty)
  1599–1674 Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon Dynasty)
  1674–1696 Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Sobieski Dynasty)
  1704–1709
1733–1736
Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Leszczyński Dynasty)
  1764–1795 Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poniatowski Dynasty)

Russian Empire (1654–1917) edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1696–1917/1918 Civil ensign / state flag of Russia
  1858–1896 Flag of Russia
  1914–1917 Flag of Russia (for private use)
  1710/1721–1858 Imperial Standard of Russia
  1858–1917 Imperial Standard of Russia

Maritime flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Naval jack Naval Jack of the Imperial Russian Navy

Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 edit

Flag Date Use Description
  ?–1918 Flag of the Habsburg monarchy, also the flag of the Austrian Empire, from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 flag of Cisleithanian Austria
  1786–1915 Naval Ensign, Merchant Ensign (until 1869)
  1869–1918 Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary
1915–1918 Naval Ensign
  1815 –
Late 19th Century
Standard of the Emperor
  Late 19th Century –
1915
Standard of the Emperor
  1915–1918 Standard of the Emperor
Flag Date Use Description
  Until 1849 Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria.
  1849–1890 Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria
  1890–1918 Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria

Makhnovshchina edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1918–1921 Flags of the Makhnovshchina See Anarchist symbolism § Black flag

Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1937 – 1949 Ukrainian SSR See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
  1945 – 1992 Flag of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in Yugoslavia Flag of Ukraine with a red star in the center.
  1950 – 1992 Ukrainian SSR See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
  1922 – 1991 Soviet Union See Flag of the Soviet Union
  1919?-1991, 1997-2022 Komsomol of Ukraine A red flag with the emblem of the organization in the centre with the text "For right of the youth, power of the people, socialism!" and the name of the organization in Ukrainian on the bottom.

Kingdom of Romania edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1919-1940, 1941-1945 Budjak, Chernivtsi Oblast, Transnistria Governorate

Nazi Germany edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1939 – 1944 Reichskommissariat Ukraine, General Governorate, Teilbezirk Krym

Miscellaneous edit

Flag Date Use Description
  2011 – 2015 Special Victory Banner for the Soviet-era holidays

External links edit

Flags of Ukraine from Vexillographia (in Russian)