Flag of Berlin Flag of Berlin The flag of Berlin has three stripes of red-white-red, the two outer stripes each occupying a fifth of its height, the middle the remaining three fifths. It is emblazoned with a bear on the civil flag, while it bears the coat of arms of Berlin on the state flag. The civil flag of West Berlin was adopted on 26 May 1954. Designed by Ottfried Neubecker, it came in second in the contest of 1952, the winner being rejected by the Senate. The bear is placed slightly off-center toward the left. A bear occurs on seals, coins and
Flag of Ukraine flags were the same. The new Ukrainian flag consisted of a red (top, 2/3) and a azure (bottom, 1/3) stripes, with the golden star, hammer and sickle in the top left corner. The Communist party leaders such as Khrushchev and Kaganovich were afraid of using words "light blue" and "blue" which were used by the Ukrainian diaspora. During the Soviet period, there were multiple unsanctioned attempts to hoist the national blue-and-yellow flag. In 1958 in village of Verbytsia, there was established an underground group, members of which at night were raising national flags and spread anti-Soviet pamphlets. Under the influence