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# Uman' (Cherkasy, Ukraine)

## Умань

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(1:1) image by Anto'nio Martins, 26 Febuary 2002

- The Gonfalon
- Coat of Arms
- The City

See also:

- Umans'kiy Raion
- Cherkas'ka Oblast
- Ukraine

## The Gonfalon

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On 30 May 1996, the session of the town council approved the gonfalon: a square canvas. In a dark blue field there is a Cossack with lance, dressed in white. In top and bottom the gonfalon has a red edging with width of 1/8 of width of the gonfalon, on edging there are 14 silver stars."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

## Coat of Arms

(source)

Azure a Cossack statant Proper clad and with spear Argent the whole enframed by a cartouche Or and ensigned by a mural crown of the Third.
Christopher Southworth

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the 30th of May 1996 town council session confirmed (resolution No. 3-8/22) a modern emblem – in an azure field there is an argent Cossack with a spear. The Cossack symbolizes the glorious past of Uman', formerly regimental town."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

## The City

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"City in Cherkasy Oblast. The first written mention refers to 1616. The origin of the name comes from the river Umanka.Since 1648 it was a regimental town."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

Uman is a holy place for the Braclav Hasidim (Hasidic Jews from nearby Braclav – pronounced "Bratslav"), as their Rabbi Nahman is buried here.
Source: V. and J. Louis – The Complete Guide to the Soviet Union, 1991.
Jarig Bakker, 10 July 1999