Flag of Ukraine

What the flag means

• 🔵Blue — the open sky
• 🟡Yellow — fields of wheat

Design set by: ⁨Конституція України, стаття 20 · Постанова Верховної Ради України від 28.01.1992 № 2067-XII «Про Державний прапор України»⁩ · Adopted 1992

Highlights

• 🌻 Endless fields of sunflowers
• 🌾 The breadbasket of Europe
• ⛪ Golden Orthodox cathedrals
• 🧵 Warm folk music and embroidery
• 💪 A resilient national spirit

Quick facts

Region

Europe · Eastern Europe

Population

38,980,376 people (2025)

Area

603,500 km²

Capital

Kyiv

Languages

Ukrainian, Russian

Currency

Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)

Organizations

United Nations

Neighboring countries

• Belarus
• Hungary
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia
• Slovakia

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (1)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Personal Mark of a Rurikid Ruler

  Kyivan Rus (present-day Ukraine, Belarus and Russia) · 882–1240 · dynastic mark

  OriginThe rulers of Rus used differing bident and trident dynastic marks on their coins and seals.

  DescriptionA trident-shaped mark drawn in golden lines alone, with no background colour or shield. At the top of the central shaft sits a small square, and above it rests a hollow lozenge ornament. The left and right prongs are straight columns whose upper ends flare outward to points, and from inside them a hook-like curved line descends toward the centre, ending in a round tip. The three prongs are joined below by a horizontal bar with rounded ends, beneath which two diagonal lines meet in a V and lead into a cross with rounded ends.

  Source: Ukraine symbol background - sign of Volodymyr the Great · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Tryzub.svg · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Emmerich Jakobson