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The Coat of Arms and Flag of Rovenky (town
in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine) were designed by O.Zhytnychenko and
A.Zakoretskyi and adopted by local council on June 4, 2003.
Symbols include black square (coal) and oak trees (oak forest in
the middle of the town).
Andriy Grechylo, 10 June 2004
From Heraldry
of Ukraine website:
"The city history was bound up with cossacks. After
suppression of Bulavin revolt 49 cossack settlements have been
burnt (including Osynovyi Roven'ok near small river Aydar - now
it is Roven'ky of the Belgorod area, Russia). Cossacks, saved
from prosecution, have named new settlement on "the Wild
field" Roven'ok in honour of the burned city. In the first
mention of a large village was spoken: "Large village
Orlovo-Rovenets'ka is at top of Roven'ok beam, on its both
parties on slopes of a beam. The initiator of Ukrainian
immigration was general-major Vasyl' Petrovych Orlov
(subsequently the army ataman) in 1793. In end of XIX century
rich deposits of coal here have been found there. In beginning of
XX century the village becomes the advanced trading industrial
centre. In 1934 Roven'ky have received the status of city. Now a
basis of economy of city is the coal enterprises.
("Znak" 32, 2004).
The flag was confirmed at June, 4d, 2003 by the decision N 9/290
of city council ninth sessions of twenty fourth convocation. A
square panel, 2/3 whic