Khmel'nyts'kyi (Ukraine)

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• The Gonfalon
• The Coat of Arms
• The City

Note:

The information in this page, unless stated otherwise, is taken from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry , Located by Phil Nelson 7 July 1999

See also:

• Ukraine
• Khmel'nyts'kiy Oblast

The gonfalon  

by Antonio Martins , 4 December 1999

In December 1997 the session of the town council approved the gonfalon: a Square canvas In a dark blue field there is a yellow sun with a dark blue circle in the middle, on which there are three crosslike yellow arrows. Four sides of the gonfalon have yellow edging with width of 3/100 of width of the gonfalon. The author is V.Ilyins'kyi.

Coat of arms

On the 27th of September 1990 town council session of Khmel'nyts'kyi confirmed a modern emblem - in an azure field you see three or arrows in cross. The central arrow laid with its point down, the two others - with their points up.

The city

Capital of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It is situated on the banks of the Pivdennyi Bug and the Ploska. The first written mentions refer to the XV century. The origin of the first name of the town Ploskyriv comes from the word "rov" meaning a ravine and the name of the river Ploska. Since the XVIII century the town was called Proskuriv. It was renamed in 1954.

Source: Ukrainian Heraldry web site