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The City of Zhovti Vody (means Yellow Waters).is in
Dnipropetrovs'ka region, Ukraine. It has around 52,000 people on
33 km2. The flag is shown at <zhovtivody.dp.ua>.
It is rectangular diagonaly divided from lower hoist to upper fly
red over blue with yellow waving stripe on the bottom. Red is for
the Soviet period and an atom with electrons stands for Ukrainian
Nuclear Energetic. Blue and two crossed swords stands for the
historical period. The yellow is for Bogdan Khmel'nyts'kiy and
his victory over Polish troops in the battle at river Zhovtiy in
1648.
Author of the flag is Shevchenko Anatoliy Vasil'ovich. Contest
was held in 2005.
Valentin Poposki, 12 September 2007
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