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Incorrect (see below)
by Pascal Gross
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Municipalities:
Soviet era name: Zaporoz^he. The usual english transcription
(so called of National Geographic) would give
"Zaporizhzhya" (Russian) and "Zaporozh'e"
(Ukrainian). The local cossack band could be called
"Zaporizhians".
Antonio Martins, 10 July 1999 and 1 Febuary 2000
"Zaporizhzhya" is the Ukrainian transcription and
"Zaporozh'e" is the Russian one.
Andrew Artemenko, 29 January 2002
According to presantation given by Andriy Grechylo, President
of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society at ICV20 (Stockholm, 2003):
"Contemporary Flags of the Ukrainian regions: Old traditions
and new designs", the unconfirmed flag above is incorrect as
it has some device around the Cossack figure.
Dov Gutterman, 4 August 2003
I guess these are gypsies ("rroma"), using the usual
gypsy flag -- if any at all. Please note that
"Zaporoges" is related to the ukranian city of
Zaporiz^z^a^.
Antonio Martins, 1 August 1999
You can't say that gypsies are Zaporoges, I wouldn't even
say that they are Ukrainian; there is no such minority as
"Zaporoges", this is not a minority, it's very
old name of all people who live in this region (17th
century and later), for the most part it was
Cossacks.
Andrew Artemenko, 29 January 2002