Flag of Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Region
Use	Other
Proportion	3:2
Adopted	17 August 1999
Design	A rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams and five gold ovals one under another

The flag of the Donetsk Region^[1] (Ukrainian: Прапор Донецької області, Russian: Флаг Донецкой области), often referred to as the flag of Donbas^[2]^[3] (Ukrainian: Прапор Донбасу, Russian: Флаг Донбасса), is the official flag of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk. It was designed by Nina Shcherbak (Ukrainian: Ніна Щербак, Russian: Нина Щербак), a Donetsk artist.^[4] The flag was officially adopted on 17 August 1999.

The flag has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper steel blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling the Donets Coal Basin^[5]) there are five gold ovals one under another (the reflection of the sun on the surface).

Trivia[]

Climbers from the Donetsk Region have set the flag at Shishapangma peak (on 27 May 2007), Hoverla (on 9 January 2007), Mont Blanc (on 22 March 2007), Elbrus (on 25 May 2007) and Everest (on 27 May 2008). In 2007 an ascent was made in order to honour the 75th anniversary of the Donetsk Region. On Saturday, 19 May 2012 Vitaly Kutniy, a mine foreman from "Belozerska" mine, climbed Mount Everest and planted the flag of the Donetsk Region.^[6]

Local adaptations[]

Flag of Shakhtarsk
Flag of Makiivka

References[]

^ "Donetsk Region". mfa.gov.ua. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Powerful industrial Donetsk Region is situated in the steppe zone of the south-eastern part of Ukraine
^ Виктор Тачинский (7 July 2010). "Флаг Донбасса поднят над Аляской!" (in Russian). Газета «Донбасс». Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
^ "Горняки из Донбасса первыми взошли на вершину Тянь-Шаня" (in Russian). Газета «Сегодня». 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017. На пятитысячнике Тянь-Шаня установили флаг Донбасса и символ Донецка.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Сучасні символи областей України — Донецька область" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Heraldry Society. Чорний колір означає вугілля
^ "Шахтер занес флаг Донецкой области на Эверест".