Flag of Novorossiya: Difference between revisions

[[File:Confederate Rebel Flag.svg|thumb|Common version of the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|Confederate Battle Flag]]]]

Some have noted that the flag's design resembles the [[Confederate States of America]]'s [[Flags of the Confederate States of America#Confederate flag|navy jack and battle flag]], known also as the "Dixie flag".<ref>{{cite news|last=Babiak|first=Mat|title=Welcome to New Russia|url=http://ukrainianpolicy.com/welcome-to-new-russia/|newspaper=Ukrainian Policy|date=22 May 2014|access-date=26 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="kyivpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video-2/ukraine-news-one-novorossiya-flag-appears-uncannily-like-dixie-video-351384.html|title=Ukraine News One: 'Novorossiya' flag appears uncannily like 'Dixie' (VIDEO)|publisher=kyivpost.com|access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref> Ukrainian political analyst Mikhail Pavliv is credited with having created the flag; Pavliv explains that he had simply stumbled upon the flag online somewhere, and that the leader of the [[New Russia Party]], [[Pavel Gubarev]], later picked it up. However, Gubarev has stated that the inspiration for the flag came from banners used by [[Cossacks]] in the 18th century. According to Alexey Eremenko of ''[[The Moscow Times]]'', no Cossacks ever used a flag resembling the one chosen.<ref name=mtf>{{cite news|last1=Eremenko|first1=Alexey|title=Ukrainian Rebels Channel U.S. Confederates |url=https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/ukrainian-rebels-channel-us-confederates-36318 |agency=The Moscow Times|date=9 June 2014|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> However, [[Vexillology|vexillologically]], the flag is a combination of the flag of the [[Semirechye Cossacks]] and the [[Ensign of the Russian Navy|St. Andrew's Flag]].

 

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