#Heraldry

Vexillology expert Yuriy Savchuk explained in an interview with RBC-Ukraine that the theory of a "flipped" flag with the yellow stripe on top yields to the historical practice of the blue-and-yellow combination.

Historians clarify: the interpretation of the Ukrainian flag as “sky over wheat ears” only appeared in the early 20th century, whereas the blue-and-gold combination traces its roots back to medieval heraldry and the era of the Hetmanate.

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.