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PATENTBUREAU Symbolics Of Prydniprov'ia Kerch
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Kerch

In the VI century B.C. it was the capital of Bospor State and had the name of Pantikapei. Since VI century it was a Byzantine fortress. In the X century on the banks of Kerchensky strait there was a T'mutarakans'ke principality which was part of Kyiv Rus'. Since the XIII century it was a Genoese port Cherkio, since 1475 - a Turkish fortress. After 1771 Kerch was part of Russian Empire.

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The emblem of the Russian period

 

 

The emblem of the Russian period was confirmed on the 6th of April 1845. In an or field there was a sable leaping griffin - it was the emblem of once flourishing capital Panticapei of the Tsars Bosporskys (on the place of that capital there was formed Kerch). In the lower part of the emblem one could see the key denoting the way from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. The emblem was crowned.

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The modern emblem

 

 

On the 11th of November 1994 the executive committee of the town council confirmed (resolution є 1448) a new modern emblem: an or griffin is in a gules field. In shield compartment - or key with an oval ring. In the upper and lower parts of the oval there are cuts. The key has a key-bit with a cross-shaped cut in the center. The pictures of the griffin and the key are traced out with sable, the shield is traced with an or edged.

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The flag

 

 

The flag of city constitutes by itself a rectangular from seven horizontal bars - 4 red and 3 white. Symbolics of colours the writer interpreted so: white - cleanness of thoughts, honour and denomination; red - bravery, boldness, fidelity Rhodinum, memory about a blood. The quantity of red bars symbolizes historical periods of development of city: antiquity, middle ages, revival, modernity, and also 4 main peoples, which formed the historical past of city.

The main architect of city has reduced also such interesting argument: in Kerch there is a most ancient acting orthodox temple in Ukraine - church of Ioann. On its facade a unique red-white orament.

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The flag

 

 

The flag of city constitutes by itself a rectangular from seven horizontal bars - 4 red and 3 white. Symbolics of colours the writer interpreted so: white - cleanness of thoughts, honour and denomination; red - bravery, boldness, fidelity Rhodinum, memory about a blood. The quantity of red bars symbolizes historical periods of development of city: antiquity, middle ages, revival, modernity, and also 4 main peoples, which formed the historical past of city.

The main architect of city has reduced also such interesting argument: in Kerch there is a most ancient acting orthodox temple in Ukraine - church of Ioann. On its facade a unique red-white orament.