Form 10

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Today we’ll speak about The National Symbols of Ukraine.

Each independent state has its own national symbols as a flag,  an anthem and the emblem.

Read and translate the text

NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF UKRAINE

         The Constitution states that the national symbols of Ukraine are the National Flag, the National Emblem and the National Anthem.

         The Ukrainian flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width. The top is blue, the bottom is yellow. Blue and yellow, the colours of the sky, mountains, streams, and golden fields had symbolized Kyivan Rus' long before the introduction of Christianity. With the acceptance of Christianity, blue and gold were incorporated into church symbolism. After the Mongol-Tatar invasion in the 1200s, the-use of blue and gold was interrupted to be revived again in church ornaments and city crests some time later. The emblem of the city of Myrhorod, for example, was a gold trident over a blue background. Another city, Pryluky, used the head of an ox in gold over a blue background as its insignia. And in Lubny the city emblem pictured a hand holding a golden mace over a blue background. The banners of the Cossacks (XVII century) were blue with gold stars, a gold cross or with pictures of saints rendered in gold.

The National Emblem is a trident. The first image of a trident appeared in the IX century A.D. When Ihor, Prince of Kyivan Rus' from 912 to 945, sent ambassadors to sign a treaty with the Byzantine emperor, they sealed the document with a trident. As the official emblem of the Kyivan princes, the trident was stamped on coins and seals; it was depicted on porcelain and in frescos. It is thought that the tridentrepresented -the division of the world into three spheres: the earthly, the celestial and the spiritual — as well as the union of the three natural elements: air, water and earth. The trident was endorsed as the National Emblem of Ukraine, and the blue and yellow flag — as the National Flag of Ukraine — by the Verkhovna Rada in 1992.

         The lyrics to the anthem of Ukraine were written by Pavlo Chubyns’kyi — a scientist and poet — in 1862. The music was composed by M. Verbyts’kyi.

Answer the questions

1. What are the national symbols of Ukraine?

2. Describe the National Flag.

3. Where were the blue and golden colours incorporated?

4. What is the National Emblem?

5. Why was trident chosen to be the emblem?

6. When were the Emblem and the Flag of Ukraine adopted?

7. Who wrote the lyrics and music to the Anthem of Ukraine?

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