Semypolky (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Last modified: 2004-08-07 by dov gutterman
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Семиполки

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from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

• The Gonfalon
• Coat of Arms
• The Village

See also:

• Ukraine
• Kyiv County
• Brovary District

The Gonfalon

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Gonfalon is a rectangular panel which consists seven equal horizontal strips - four red and three dark blue. In the centre is yellow Rus' soldier in a chain armour with a spear. Seven color strips on a flag mean the name of village - seven fields. (<www.brovary-region.com.ua/silrada/silrada.htm>)."
Dov Gutterman, 8 June 2003

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The shield per pale by gules and azure. In the first part is Rus' soldier in a chain armour with a spear. In the second part is or mice in a pale. The emblem adorned by or decorative cartouche and crowned by an or rural crown. The image of the soldier is a mention of the desperate resistance to a mongolo-tatar horde rendered by local residents, meeting heroic death. Gules color symbolizes courage and fearlessness. Or mice reminds the times of emancipating wars when a small cossack fo