Flag of Kyiv

Kyiv
Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	25 May 1995
Design	An azure field with a yellow border with Archangel Michael centered on the flag.

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O. Rudenko's design of flag with the Coat of Arms in the center

The flag of Kyiv was approved by the Kyiv City Council on 25 May 1995, at the behest of the then head of the Kyiv City Council of People's Deputies Leonid Kosakovsky.

On 27 May 1995, the flag was first raised solemnly above the main entrance to the Kyiv City Council.^[1]

The flag of Kyiv looks like an azure piece of fabric with the Kyiv Coat of Arms situated in the centre. The patron saint of Kyiv, Archangel Michael who holds a flaming sword in his right hand and an oval shield with a cross on it in his left, is depicted on the flag. The flag panel has a yellow border.

^ Video of the ceremony of installing the flag of Kyiv with the image of Archangel Michael on the facade of the Kyiv City Council and raising the flag of the city on the mast in front of the house on 27 May 1995

[1] Video of the ceremony of installing the flag of Kyiv with the image of Archangel Michael on the facade of the Kyiv City Council and raising the flag of the city on the mast in front of the house on 27 May 1995

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