Flag of Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Region
Use	Other
Proportion	3:2
Adopted	17 August 1999
Design	A rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams and five gold ovals one under another
Designed by	Nina Grigorievna Szczerbak

The flag of the Donetsk Region (Ukrainian: Прапор Донецької області, romanized: Prapor Donets'koyi oblasti), often referred to as the flag of Donbas (Ukrainian: Прапор Донбасу, romanized: Prapor Donbasu, Russian: Флаг Донбасса, romanized: Flag Donbassa), is the official flag of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk. It was designed by Nina Shcherbak (Ukrainian: Ніна Щербак, Russian: Нина Щербак), a Donetsk artist. The flag was officially adopted on 17 August 1999.

The flag has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper fair-blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling the Donets Coal Basin) there are five gold ovals one under another (the reflection of the sun on the surface).

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