Ukrainian heraldry

Per pale by gear pale or on sable with fillet wavy columns argent and gules. The emblem is enframed by argent decorative cartouche and crowned by argent city crown. Below it are crosswised argent pick and hammer, twisted by yellow-red-black tape with black inscription "LYTYHYNE".
Main areas of the industry of city are coal and metallurgical. Therefore the shield is divided on sable (coal) and gules (fire). The city carries a name of the scientist-geologist which carefully studied geology of territory. Therefore on a sable background are argent wavy lines which symbolize geological structure of district, rich on a deposit of coal, limestone, sand and clay. The city is obliged by iron-works and rollers manufacture. The gear column symbolizes a product of this enterprise - rollers, and or colouring specifies high quality of production. Besides the gear column associates with coal output (the mine conveyor, a combine etc.) The Belgian contribution to the industry of territory at 1898 (a payment of the Belgian joint-stock company in construction of a factory) is displayed in a colourful palette of the city arm: black-red-yellow are colors of Belgium flag which more than hundred years ago counted significant territory of Donbas as "the tenth province". Due to this contribution of Donbas became advanced industrial territory. Pick and hammer symbolize geological researches and coal.
The authors are A.Zakorets'kyi, O.Zhytnychenko.
Image on site V.Napytkin.

"Znak" #28 (2002) See