Poltava

For the first time it was mentioned in Ipatiiv chronicles in 1174 under the name of "Ltava". To the beginning of the XV century the town had already had the modern name - Poltava. At that time the town was under ruling of the Lithuanian prince Vitovt.

Since 1648 it was a regimental town.

One of the most tragic periods of the history of the town and all Ukraine was the Northern War. In 1709 Swedish troops together with allies (Zaporozhian Cossacks and the troops of hetman Mazepa) were defeated in a battle near Poltava. Since that time there had begun the destroying of the Ukrainian statehood by the Russian government. In 1765 the regimental system and in 1775 Zaporozhian Sich was destroyed.

The magdeburg emblem

In XV century Poltava got an emblem - in an argent shield there was a tighted bow with an arrow penetrating a heart with three crosses.

The emblem of the Russian period

The emblem of the Russian period was confirmed on the 22nd of June 1803. A shield was quaterly and per bend. In the first part in a gules field there were two small swords in cross. In the second part there was a banner with a state emblem in an argent field. In the third part a growing palm tree in an argent field and in the fourth part in an azure field there was a stone pyramid with symbol of eternity - a snake holding its tail in its jaws.

B.Kene project

In XIX century B.Kene worked out a project of a new emblem of the town. In an or shield with a sable triangular monument decorated with or circle snake. Behind the monument there are two vert banners with or crowned monogram of the name of the Emperor Peter the Great, the staff are high-carat or with the points of the spears. All this is accompanied by two crossed laid high-carat or swords at the top of the shield. The shield is crown with an argent mauerkrone with three towers and frame with two or ears, which are twine with the ribbon of the Order of St.Alexander.

The modern emblem

On the 3d of March 1993 town council session confirmed (resolution є 83) a modern emblem. The basis of the emblem is heraldic shield taken from the town seal of 1700s. In a purple field there was laid an or tighted bow with an arrow turned down. In the corners of the shield there were four or six - pointed stars. The shield is crowned with an or inscription "Poltava" written in Old Slavonic and the letter "T" was represented in the form of a heraldic cross.