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Zherdova (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Жердова

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from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

The Gonfalon
Coat of Arms
The Village

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The Gonfalon

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Gonfalon is a purple rectangular panel with a green strip from a staff. In the centre of a purple field are yellow crossed sabre and mice, accompanied by an yellow alder branch below. (<www.brovary-region.com.ua/silrada/silrada.htm>)."
Dov Gutterman, 8 June 2003

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"In a purple field with the narrow vert chapter are or crossed sabre and mice, accompanied by an or alder branch below. The emblem adorned by or decorative cartouche and crowned by an or rural crown. Sabre and mice mean cossack council which was called at 1650 in Zherdova by Yuri Khmelnyts'kyi. At those times in this district grew a lot of alder which later local inhabitants cut on a pole for fences. It has denominated village. Or alder means branche valley, the purple field symbolizes power and knightly nobleness of cossacks, and a vert strip means modern wood. (<www.brovary-region.com.ua/silrada/silrada.htm>)."
Dov Gutterman, 8 June 2003

The Village

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The settlement was found at the 1858 in the Zherdova valley, near a wood and railway station. Near settlement were found the farms Pidlissya, Vil'ne, Zaharivka, Mykhailivka."
Dov Gutterman, 8 June 2003