Pylypcha (Kyiv, Ukraine)

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Пилипча

(2:3)
image from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms
• The Village

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• Ukraine
• Kyiv County

The Flag

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"In the middle of red rectangular panel with a ratio of the sides as 2:3 are yellow mill wheel, under it is white cossack sabre edge to the left."
Dov Gutterman, 19 December 2007

Coat of Arms

image from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Gules; or mill wheel, accompanied in base by argent cossack sabre in fess. The shield enframed by or cartouche and crowned by or village crown. The author is E.Chernets'kyi.
The sabre ang gules colour is mention about cossack-founder Pylypcha. Since XVIII century are known village mills, which symbol is or wheel.
E.Chernets'kyi, "The symbols of Bilotserkivschyna"."
Dov Gutterman,19 December 2007

The Village

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The first data about it refers to XVII century. The name of village occurs, probably, from cossack Pylypcha."
Dov Gutterman, 19 December 2007