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Ukraine - Historical Flag - Hetmanete Flags (1918)

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All this flags are constructed according to specifications from Lucien Philippe. I will comment about the diferences with the ones from Montells/Romanischin.
Jaume Olle, 31 August 2001

Generically speaking, a Hetmanate was a Cossack realm under the authority of a Hetman, who was the head of state, commander in chief of the Cossack army, and head of the entire administrative, judicial, and military apparatus (see <www.uanews.tv>).
However, in post-WWI terms it was a German-backe