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From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry :
"In September 14 1995 the session of the town council
approved the gonfalon: a rectangular canvas with a ratio of the
sides 3:2, there is a city emblem in a vert field." For the image from that site click here.
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
From raix.kharkov.ua:
"History of Kharkiv's Flag
The direct occasion which caused putting the cities' heraldry in
order during the rule of Pyotr the First were the measures,
connected to a military reform. Creation of regular army required
accommodation of a huge amount of soldiers in the cities and
gubernias of Russia to enable supply and reinforcement. At the
same time it was decided to give the names of the cities and
districts where the new regiments were initially formed or
dislocated instead of naming them after their commanders. On the
banners of the regiments the crests of the appropriate cities and
gubernias were ordered to be displayed. Just then it revealed
that many cities did not have any city emblems. To put these
measures in effect, one of the loyal colleagues of Pyotr the
First S. A. Kolichev with the help of Piedmont nobleman and
artist Fransisc Santi developed projects of the emblems, but the
circumstances developed the way that these crests were not
authorized officially. The crests for the cities of
Slobozhanschina started being developed after publishing of
special governmental decree on July 31, 1734. In the decree it
was stated that the Military Board and Heraldry Office should
compose emblems for the new banners of Slobozhanschina regiments.
However, a heavy lack of proficiency of the Heraldry Office in
drawing up the emblems compelled the Military Board to address
the Academy of Sciences with a request to take this work into its
competency. The Academy of Sciences transmitted the task of
drawing up the emblems of Slobozhanschina regiments to a
professor of Kenigsberg university I. S. Bekinstein, invited to
Russia for giving lectures (among them on Heraldry) to Russian
students. According to the sheets, received from the local sites,
about the names of the regiments, the cities where they were
housed, about the crests on the regiments' banners and seals I.
S. Bekinstein developed new projects of crests on the banners of
Slobozhanschina regiments, among them the emblem for Kharkiv
regiment. The author submitted 41 drawing for consideration to
the Military Board.
On April 25, 1735 the Military Board transferred the projects of
the emblems for evaluation to the office of Her Emperor Majesty
Anna Ivanovna. According to the instruction of the Office, the
Military board undertook to make the necessary corrections and
additions to certain drawings for the city emblems of
Slobozhanschina. However, the works were not finished completely,
despite their extensive schedule. From the correspondence of the
Military board and of the Heraldry Office in the subsequent years
it becomes obvious that in 1751 in the emblems there was not made
any corrections and there is absent the information on approval
of them by the supreme authority. Thus, in the XVIII century
there were several attempts to create new emblems of the cities
of Slobozhanschina and banners for the regiments, dislocated in
its territory. But finally this problem was solved only in the
beginning of 80s of the XVIII century. It is necessary to notice
that in 70-80s the work on creation of the city emblems was the
central field of activity of the Heraldry Office. Development of
the city's crest creation in that period was controlled by prince
M. M. Scherbatov, nominated for the Heraldry Office Head in 1771.
He was also known as the author of new banner crests guidebook,
created after an order of the Military board in 1775. In this
book there were placed 35 drawings and descriptions of
detachments' emblems on their banners, including those of
Kharkiv, Izyum, Sumy, Akhtyrka, and other. Some of them were
later used as the city's crests, particularly – in Izyum, Sumy,
and Kharkiv."
Jarig Bakker, 11 December 1999
Photo of the flag, which shows the shield
outline to be yellow, not orange (source).
Paul Bassinson, 6 August 2023
hrkiv.gif)
from the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry
"The Coat of Arms of the Russian period was confirmed on
the 21st of September 1781 – in a vert field there were a horn of
abundance and the Mercury's staff in cross. The horn was full of
flowers and fruits. That signified abundance of the region and
trade on a well-known in those territories fair."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry :
"City in Kharkiv Oblast.The first settlers appeared on the
territory of the modern town in 20' of the XVII century. The
origin of the name comes (according to a legend) from the name of
the first settler – a Cossack Kharek.In 1659 a fortress was built
in Kharkiv to defend Slobids'ka Ukraine from raids of the
Tartars. Later Kharkiv lost its military significance and became
a big trade and industrial center. After liquidation in 1765 of
Cossacks self-government by tsarist government the town became
the center of Slobids'ko-Ukrainian province. In 1836 it was
renamed into Kharkiv province. In 1727 in the town there was
opened a collegium which became the center of education in
Slobozhanshyna. In 1805 a university was founded in the
town."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
