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minus-squareBarabas [he/him]hexbear18·1 year agoIt is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later). A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc. link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear25·1 year ago Volodymyr the Great "To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod." link
minus-squareThe Free Penguin@lemmygrad.mlhexbear24·1 year ago Show Just don't tell them where Novgorod is linkfedilink
It is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later).
A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.
"To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod."
Seems like rightful Ukranian clay to me.