What's the origin of the Ukie and Cossack flags

[ricardo]

Would appreciate those people informed on Ukranian history to enlighten me on the subject please as well as the colours where they come from? thanks

[Hannia]

SEND International Christian World Missions - Origins of the Ukrainian flag
http://www.send.org/ukraine/flagorigin.htm

Ukrainian FAQ
http://www.infoukes.com/faq/

Ukraine FAQ+ Encyclopedia of Ukraine - Flag - Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
http://www.ukrainet.org/Ukrainefacts/Flag.html

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[ricardo]

Thanks Hannia! for the links but one of them appears to be broken.

[Hannia]

Ricardo,

Double checked. All work for me. If the download is slow and error comes up, it's your ISP. Try again at another time.

[ricardo]

Oops! sorry! I was referring to links within the links given

[The_James]

Well I may not know too much about Ukrainian history, but I do know about Swedish history and there it specifically sais that the Ukrainian flags coulors came when hetman Mazepa saw the Swedish colours blue and yellow, and became inspired and thought of the steppes golden fields and blue skies when the Swedish king Charles XII came with his blue and yellow flag colours.

[makcum]

The modern Ukrainian flag I believe was first used in 1939, during the short reign of Carpatho-Ukraine. The colours were the same, but the flags colours were reversed.