Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Region

Proportion	2:3
Design	White field with a black jackdaw. Both the vertical edges are decorated by two different narrow bicolors.
Designed by	Andriy Grechylo (Андрій Ґречило)

The flag of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region^[1] (Ukrainian: Прапор Івано-Франківської області; translit.: Prapor Ivano-Frankivs'koi oblasti) is one of regional flags of Ukraine. It is a symbol of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast that inherits a historical tradition of using regional symbols and is an attribute of the local government and executive powers.

The flag represents a banner of 2:3 proportion. In the middle of a white field is depicted a black jackdaw with raised wings and golden (yellow) crown, while facing the flagpole. At the flagpole side and along the side stretch red and black stripes, while on the opposite side the same way stretch blue and yellow stripes. The width of each stripe consists of 1/12 of the flag's length. The stripes represent the tradition of a fight for independence. The red and black stripes are the traditional colors of Red Ruthenia, while the blue and yellow are the colors of the bigger Ukraine.^{[2][failed verification]}

See also

• List of flags of Ukraine

References

External links

National flagsMilitary flagsRegional
flags

Oblasts	Cherkasy  Chernihiv  Chernivtsi  Dnipropetrovsk  Donetsk  Ivano-Frankivsk  Kharkiv  Kherson  Khmelnytskyi  Kirovohrad  Kyiv  Luhansk  Lviv  Mykolaiv  Odesa  Poltava  Rivne  Sumy  Ternopil  Vinnytsia  Volyn  Zaporizhia  Zhytomyr  Zakarpattia
Autonomous republic	Crimea
Autonomous cities	Kyiv  Sevastopol
Other cities	Donetsk  Kropyvnytskyi

Historical