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Novohrad Volynskyi (Zhytomir Oblast, Ukraine)
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Heraldry
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The Gonfalon �
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
In October 12 1994 the session of the town council approved the
gonfalon: a rectangular canvas with a ratio of the sides: 1:1,23.
In a white field with purple embroidery (motive of embroidery is
from the collection of O.Kosach in Volyn) there is a small coat
of arms of the town. Four sides of the gonfalon have two edgings
- internal of white and red; and external of dark blue and yellow
triangles.
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
Coat of Arms
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
On the 12th of October 1994 town council session confirmed a
modern emblem: a French shield of four parts with a chief and an
escutcheon. In the first part in an or field there is a part of a
sable double-headed crowned eagle; in the second part in a purple
field having the form of a fortress wall there are Cossacks sword
and a sabre in cross signify the events of the liberation war of
the 17th century. In the third part in a vert field you see two
feathers ranged in the form of the letter "Y" to
signify the fact that the town is the birth-place of Lessia
Ukrainka. In the fourth part in an azure field there is an or
bell in which an azure sign ranged in the form of the letter
"Z" is to signify the first name of the town -
Zviagel'. On the or escutcheon a straight purple cross in pale.
In the argent chief there is an inscription in Cyrillic alphabet
"Novohrad-Volyns'kyi". The emblem is crowned with an
argent mauerkrone with three embattlements.
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
The City
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
City in Gytomir Oblast. For the first time Novohrad-Volyns'kyi
was mentioned in 1257 as Zviagel' in Galyts'ko-Volyns'ke state.
The origin of the name comes from the Ukrainian word
"zviaga" meaning "noise".
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999
Gytomir could (should) be Zhytomir.
Jarig Bakker, 10 July 1999
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