The flag of Lviv Oblast (; translit.: ''Prapor Lvivs'koi oblasti'') is one of regional flags of

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. It is a symbol of the

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is History Name The region is named ...

that inherits a historical tradition of using regional symbols and is an attribute of the local government and executive powers. It was officially approved on February 27, 2001, by the decision of the Lviv Oblast Council. The flag represents a banner of 2:3 proportion. With emblem region in the center — crowned yellow (golden) color lion. Height of lion — 3/4 of the flag's width, the distance from the upper and lower edges of the cloth — 1/8 the width of the flag. In the flip side — a mirror image. The reference sample flag field is kept in the office of Chairman of the Regional Council.

Meaning

The lion leaning on a rock symbolizes the power and strength of the land and its inhabitants, who defended their independence from strangers for centuries. At the same time, it resonates with the name of the city of Lviv and the name of its first ruler —

Leo I of Galicia Leo I of Galicia (; – c. 1301) was King of Ruthenia, Prince of Belz (1245–1264), Przemyśl, Galicia (1264–1269), and Kiev (1271–1301). He was a son of King Daniel of Galicia and his first wife, Anna Mstislavna Smolenskaia (daughter ...

. The crown on the lion's head indicates the capital role of Kingdom of Rus' (Kingdom of Galicia and Volhynia) in the XII—XIV centuries and

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in the XVIII—XX centuries.

Other flags

Banner of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.svg, The historic flag of the Lviv region

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Other flags

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