Flag of Chernihiv Oblast

It was designed by I. Sytyi, A. Hrechylo and I. Pavlenko, and officially adopted by the resolution of a regional council on July 11, 2000.

The flag is a rectangular green panel with an aspect ratio of 2:3, the middle of which is a white horizontal stripe (width 1/5 of the flag's width), and in the upper pole of the white square shows the emblem area.

Green stripes on the flag represent the Polissia and white line — the Desna River.

Emblem of the field — in a silver box black double-headed eagle with red claws and tongue, golden eyes and arms (beaks and claws) on their heads — open gold crown, in each chest there is blue shield with a gold edge — the golden mark of Prince Mstislav Volodimirovich, founder of the Grand Duchy of Chernigov.

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