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Kerch (Crimea, Ukraine)

Керч

by Jaume Olle, 17 May 2002

The Flag
Coat of Arms
The City

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The Flag

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The flag of city constitutes by itself a rectangular from seven horizontal bars - 4 red and 3 white. Symbolics of colours the writer interpreted so: white - cleanness of thoughts, honour and denomination; red - bravery, boldness, fidelity Rhodinum, memory about a blood. The quantity of red bars symbolizes historical periods of development of city: antiquity, middle ages, revival, modernity, and also 4 main peoples, which formed the historical past of city.
The main architect of city has reduced also such interesting argument: in Kerch there is a most ancient acting orthodox temple in Ukraine - church of Ioann. On its facade a unique red-white orament."
Dov Gutterman, 20 November 2000

From the image in the site of Ukrainian Heraldry, the red stripes are 0.16 x the hoist and the white ones 0.12 x the hoist.
Ivan Sache, 23 November 2000

The flag of Kerch, as shown in the site of the Ukranian Heraldry society, is R with three horizontal W stripes. The size of stripes is smaller that background. Considering a flag of 36: 54 the stripes of white are 4:54 each and the red background 6:54. This is: 6:4:6:4:6:4:6.
Source: Znak 21.
Jaume Olle, 17 May 2002

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

Large Coat of Arms
from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the 11th of November 1994 the executive committee of the town council confirmed (resolution ? 1448) a new modern Coat of Arms: an or griffin is in a gules field. In shield compartment - or key with an oval ring. In the upper and lower parts of the oval there are cuts. The key has a key-bit with a cross-shaped cut in the center. The pictures of the griffin and the key are traced out with sable, the shield is traced with an or edged.
The large Coat of Arms was affirmed by October, 19, 1999 on the extraordinary session of municipal council.
The description of the "smart" coat of arms was presented (without a figure) in the application No. 2 to solution of municipal council from June, 20, 1996. The Coat of Arms is framed by wreath from or oak and laurel branches within by fillets of red and light-blue colours. The board is imposed on two crossed black admiral's anchor. The coat of arms