Raising the flag of Ukraine, 1990

Raising the flag of Ukraine, 1990

1990, 1 min

Kyiv, July 24, 1990.

In 1990, the national blue and yellow flag was raised for the first time in front of the Kyiv City Council building next to the state flag of the Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv became the ninth city in Ukraine to raise the Ukrainian flag in 1990; the last time the flag flew over the capital was on June 12, 1920.

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