From a Cossack with a Musket to the Blue Sky: How the Colors of the Ukrainian Flag Were Born — A Heraldist's Account
Yuri Savchuk, director of the Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, explained that the blue-and-yellow combination originated from the Cossack with a musket on a blue field and the Galician lion, while the 'sky over the ears of grain' interpretation only appeared in the early 20th century.
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