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PATENTBUREAU Symbolics Of Prydniprov'ia Valky
From history of heraldry of Ukraine
Modern individual symbolism
State differences of Ukraine
Symbolics of Prydniprov'ia regions
Kharkiv area
Symbolism of Ukrainian the cossacks

Valky

The town was founded in 1646. The origin of the name comes from a hilly territory - "valok". Since 1660 a fortress was given to Ukrainian settlers.

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The emblem of the Russian period

The emblem of the Russian period was confirmed on the 21st of September 1781. In the upper part of a per fess shield there was Kharkivs'ka emblem. In the lower part three plums to signify a great abundance of that fruit.

On the 11th of April 1996 town council session confirmed the emblem of 1781 as an official symbol of Valky - a member of the League of Historical towns of Ukraine.

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B.Kene project

In XIX century B.Kene worked out a project of a new emblem of the town. In an azure field there are three or plums with vert leafes on the left, putting to the baldrick. In the canton there is an emblem of Kharkivs'ka province. The shield is crown with an argent mauerkrone with three towers and framed with two or ears, which are twined with the ribbon of the Order of St.Alexander. The emblem was not approved.