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image by Esteban Rivera
The Donbass People's Militia (Russian: "Народное ополчение Донбасса")
is an armed pro-Russian group that declared allegiance to the
self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
Esteban Rivera, 20 April 2014
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image by Victor Lomantsov
In november 2013 Maidan self-defense units were organized. 5 January 2014 several flags for companies of Maidan self-defense ("sotnia") were sanctified and presented to the units. At the photos I saw flags of 2nd. 5th, 6th, 9th, 16th, 19th, 25th companies with respective ciphers. All flags have standard design – yellow field with blue shield contains number of the company. Inscription – "SAMOOBORONA MAIDANU" ("Maidan self-defense").
Main flag of Maidan self-defense have the same design but the trident
depicted in the blue shield instead of company number.
Colour of the shield is dark.
(photo)
Victor Lomantsov, 22 July 2014
image by Victor Lomantsov
Flag of Liberal Party of Ukraine (Liberalna Partiya Ukrayini)
– Adopted in 1993.
Source: Ukrainian bulletin "Znak".
Victor Lomantsov, 26 February 2002
The Political Handbook of the World 1997 qualifies it among
the centrist and centrist-leftist groups.
Jarig Bakker, 26 February 2002
image by Martin Karner
A German flag seller offers this
unofficial "Libertarian Flag", created by Rostislav Sinitsyn and David Zurabov
in March 2020. It shows a Gadsden-style yellow-black
rattlesnake centered on the Ukrainian National Flag. A blue shield
(fimbriated yellow) with yellow trident is placed in the canton.
The term "libertarian" might imply a rather socio-political (liberty)
than a national meaning (freedom), but this question remains open
until we have secured information from the creators or from anywhere
else. No doubt this and similar flags (photo, source |
photo, source |
photo, source |
photo link)
are being used today also in the sense of national freedom from Russian occupation.
Martin Karner, 22 December 2022
image by Mikhail Revnivtsev and Antonio
Martins-Tuvalkin
On novy.tv
(in Russian), there is a flag of Million Marihuana
March, which is planned to march on May, 7, 2005 in Kiev,
capital of Ukraine, in support of of legalization of marihuana.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 2 May 2005
Interesting that the design shows no hint as to what it's
about; most such flags and banners here have the marijuana leaves
prominently displayed.
Albert S. Kirsch, 3 May 2005
This march has no any relation to Parade of the Victory
(Pobedy), which will take place in Kiev and in Moscow on May, 9.
Besides, the mayor of Kiev yet has not given the sanction to
carrying out of this march in support of marihuana (in Ukraine,
as well as in Russia, marihuana is forbidden with other drugs).
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 3 May 2005
I believe this flag is based on the various other type of
"Rasta" flags that are sold in the US and other places.
Zachary Harden, 3 May 2005
A 4:5 horizontally stripped flag of green, yellow, red and
black. I must say that, design wise, this flag may not be
specifically Ukrainian, even though it was perhaps created and
used only in this Kiev march.
It seems to be a mix of the pan-african colors
(red-yellow-green) and the Garvey colors
(red-black-green), certainly based on their popularity among
rastafarian (or rastafarian-looking) circles.
The horizontal stripes may also be inspired in another pride and
protest flag: the gay pride rainbow flag.
António Martins-Tuvalkin, 3 May 2005/8 August 2007
image from
www.conference.osp-ua.info,
located by Valentin Poposki
The symbols of the "National-Democratic United Ukraine" are shown at www.conference.osp-ua.info.
Valentin Poposki, 6 October 2005
image from www.nru.org.ua,
located by Dov Gutterman
National People's Front of Ukraina "Rukh".
Jens Pattke and Victor Lomantsov, 11 May 2002
image located by William Garrison
Found on eBay:
Flag pro-Russian, Separatist political party in Ukraine
"Opposition Platform for Life". In 2014 it was the "Party of the Region" with
its pro-Russian leader Yanukovych in Ukraine. Now this party is banned in
Ukraine.
William Garrison, 24 February 2022
image by Eugene Ipavec
Party of Greens of Ukraine (Партія Зелених
України, Partija Zelenykh Ukrainy, PZU) succeeded in 1990
the Green World Association, itself founded in 1987. The party
claimed 5.5% of the votes and 19 seats at the Parliament in the
1998 election, a success which was not confirmed either in the
2002 (1.4%, no seat) or 2007 (0.4%, no seat) elections. Chaired
by Vladimir Kosterin and claiming more than 80 000 members, the Green Party of
Ukraine has been a member of the European Green Party since January 1994.
Website at www.greenparty.ua.
The flag of PZU, as photographied
by Raimo Oksala, behind two lovely young members of the party
during the 2005 conference of the European Green Party, held at
Kiev, is white with the emblem of the party, made of its name
(Партія Зелених Party of Greens, "of
Ukraine" dropped) in green letters flanked on its right by a
suflower with a green central part, the whole being placed over a
green horizontal stripe crossing the whole flag.
Ivan Sache, 12 December 2009
image by Victor Lomantsov
Party of Muslims of Ukraine. Flag was adopted in 1997. Ratio
1:2. Width of green stripes equal to 1/10 of flag-width. The
emblem consists of green Cyrillic letter "M" (stylized
to Arabic) and black name of the party in Ukrainian.
source: heraldry bulletin "Znak".
Victor Lomantsov, 23 February 2002
image by Victor Lomantsov
Source: www.vybir2006.org.ua,
reported by M. Revnivtsev.
Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2006
image by António Martins
image by António Martins, 1 December 2004
variant
"Partiya rehioniv" (Party of regions) flag at www.partyofregions.org.ua.
It was founded in 1997. This is the party flag.
Dov Gutterman and Andriy Grechylo, 26 July 2004
"Party of Regions" represents generally Donetsk's
bandit clan. Victor Yanukovych is a member of Party of Regions.
Andriy Grechylo, 29 November 2004
I saw this flag many times in TV reports. But the flag always
was blue (not purple). Background is in darker shade then emblem. The correct Cyrillic name is "Партія
Регіонів".
Victor Lomantsov, 29 November 2004
This flag is purple in official web-site, at printed
materials, also during the party congresses (in TV) etc.
Andriy Grechylo, 29 November 2004
image by Victor Lomantsov
At news.yahoo.com
and also here,
there are photos of Ukrainian political flag amid sea of Party of
Regions flags. The former are blue with very large white oval
taking up almost entire field and containing some text plus a
(pink?) logo.
Eugene Ipavec, 4 April 2009
It is the flag of the youth wing of the Party of Regions – "Youth
Union of Regions of Ukraine".
Victor Lomantsov, 4 April 2009
image by Zoltan Horvath
Here's another version of the flag of the Party of Regions
(with a darker blue):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaoVidRCYAASXKU.jpg
Esteban Rivera, 3 March 2014
There are both Ukrainian and Russian variants of this party flag.
Zoltan Horvath, 3 March 2014
image from www.a-election.com.ua,
located by Jens Pattke
Party of the Consciousness of the Third Millennium.
Jens Pattke, 11 May 2002
image by Zachary Harden
This is the flag of PNERU – Partiya Natsionalno-Ekonomichnoho
Rozvytku Ukrayiny (Party of the National and Economic Development
of Ukraine). Flag was designed by member of Ukrainian Heraldry
Society Oleksiy Kokhan.
Source: www.obriy.pib.com.ua.
Dov Gutterman and Andriy Grechylo, 26 July 2004
image by Victor Lomantsov, 18 May 2014
image by Victor Lomantsov, 18 May 2014
image by António Martins
Slavic Party. Photo of the was located by Dov Gutterman at www.a-election.com.ua.
Jens Pattke, 11 May 2002
I managed to gain access to the party website, and found that
the Slavic Party holds that Ukraine lacks the economic basis for
political independence, and should reunite with Russia and
Belarus. As far as I could see, only the triband is a flag.
The circular design is labeled "emblem."
John Ayer, 14 May 2002
The specs seem to be 2:3 = (2+6+2):15, with emblem and
lettering "Slavanskaa partia".
I guess this is not Ukrainian, but Russian, and thus this Slavic
party is rather a Russophile party (Soviet-nostalgic, monarchist,
ethnic Russian?).
António Martins, 28 July 2002
image by Victor Lomantsov
Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine. The flag was adopted in
1992. Rose is a traditional symbol of social-democrats, 7 stars
symbolize 7 letters in the word "Ukraine", blue and
yellow – national colours of Ukraine.
source: heraldry bulletin "Znak".
Victor Lomantsov, 23 Febuary 2002
From www.brama.com:
Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine (Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya
Ukrainy, SDPU), led by Verkhovna Rada deputy Yuriy Buzduhan. It
nominated only 127 candidates, few of whom are well-known.
Marchuk had originally appeared likely to run on the SDPU list
but chose the SDPU (o) instead (Vseukrainskiye Vedomosti, 21
October 1997). Buzduhan called the rival SDPU (o) not a social
democratic party but a "financial-petrol clan of Surkis and
Medvedchuk" (Vseukrainskiye Vedomosti, 21 October 1997).
Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the Lawyers Union, is No. 4 on the
SDPU (o) list, and Hryhoriy Surkis, head of Kiev's Dynamo soccer
club, is No. 5.
Jarig Bakker, 11 May 2002
image by
Victor Lomantsov, 22 July 2014
image located by William Garrison and Esteban Rivera
Flag, square variant (source)
image located by Esteban Rivera
Flag variant with fimbriations (source)
image located by Esteban Rivera
Flag with motto variant, which reads "Де сила – там
воля!" (Where there is strength, there is will!) (source)
image located by Esteban Rivera
Flag with "1894" inscription, seems to be the
historical Sokol organization (source)
Logo
.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera
(source)
Its full name and denomination is: All-Ukrainian Public
Organization (UPO) "Sokil" (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнської
громадської організації
"Сокіл") (since July 2014). It was established
(re-established) on October, 2006 as All-Ukrainian Youth Public
Organization "Sokil" (Всеукраїнська молодіжна громадська
організація "Сокіл") as a NGO.
It is a youth military and sports association. The goal of the
organization is the development of Ukrainian society and the state on
the basis of modern Ukrainian social-nationalism. Its main political ally is Svoboda.
(Ukrainian) Sokil is labeled as "re-established" since it claims to be a
continuation of the previous Society "Sokil" which was established on February 11, 1894, being a
youth sports organization.
The "Sokol" which started as a Pan-Slavic physical education movement
in the 1860's, evolved into a much broader movement and political organization
representing Pan-Slavism. The emergence of nation-states in Europe in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was marked by the creation of
national models of paramilitary and/or physical training including
German Turnverein, Swedish gymnastics and "Slavic", or Sokol,
gymnastics. The latter was invented in Prague in 1862. During
World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution Sokol members went
to the Army and were persecuted by the authorities until it was banned
in 1923. In Ukraine (at the time part of Soviet Union) it was banned in 1939, again by the Bolsheviks.
Sokol (meaning falcon in Slavic languages) may also
refer to a Polish offshoot of the Czech movement, as well as the
Ukrainian version, Sokil, mainly
present in Slavic countries such as Poland, Czech Republic and the
Russian Empire / (early) Soviet Union.
Sokil have been active during the Euromaidan protests as well as during
the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (website [currently only via Web Archive])
Esteban Rivera, 10 May 2023
image by
Victor Lomantsov
Source: http://cityblog.com.ua/2013/12/evromaydan-v-krivom-roge-vzglyad-iznutri/
From http://hippy-end.livejournal.com/301837.html
Victor Lomantsov, 14 May 2014
From http://yugovostok-ua.su/node/114
Victor Lomantsov, 14 May 2014
image by Dov Gutterman, 4 June 2006
Symbols of the Political Party "Tretya Sila" (Third Force) are at tretja-sila.od.ua.
Valentin Poposki, 25 May 2006
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