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The state flag of Ukraine ((ウクライナ語:державний прапор України); translit.: ''derzhavnyy prapor Ukrayiny''; literally 'state flag of Ukraine') is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow colour. (Constitution of Ukraine, Article 20) As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour was officially used since the 1848 Spring of Nations when it was hoisted over the Lviv Rathaus. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic, and subsequently used by the Ukrainian People's Republic. When Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, the flag was outlawed and before 1949 there was no official state flag until adoption of the red-blue flag of the Ukrainian SSR. People who were hoisting the blue-yellow flags in the Soviet Ukraine were prosecuted as criminals. The blue and yellow flag was provisionally adopted for official ceremonies in September 1991 following Ukrainian independence, before finally officially being restored in 1992. Ukraine celebrates Flag Day each year on August 23 since 2004.〔(Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day ), Xinhua News Agency (August 23, 2012) (Ceremony of hoisting Ukraine's national flag held at presidential administration ), ''Kyiv Post'' (August 23, 2011) (Україна відзначає День Державного прапора "On Tuesday, August 23, all of Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day. Measures to raise the national flag are planned throughout the country." ), 1+1 (August 23, 2011)〕 ==Design== The Law of Ukraine states that the colours of Ukrainian flag are "blue and yellow", but other state bodies have determined the colours. In the table below the colours are given according to the technical specification DSTU 4512:2006: There is also criticism in regards to shades.〔 There are specialists who argue that, according to rules of heraldry, the current set of colours cannot coexist.〔(Blue-yellow flag is a cruelty towards the Ukrainian traditions (Синьо-жовтий прапор - це знущання над українською традицією) ). ''Gazette'' in Ukrainian (gazeta.ua). July 25, 2013〕 The head of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society pointed out that it is not heraldry, but rather vexillology that studies flags.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Ukraine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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