The Flag of Ukraine Tote Bag

Show your support for Ukraine with this colourful tote bag depicting the flag of Ukraine. The flag has two horizontal bands of yellow and blue. The colours represent the wide blue skies and the yellow represents the wheat fields that characterize the country. From a psychological point of view, blue symbolizes calm, while yellow symbolizes joy. The current colour combination has its roots in the 12th-century flag of the Galicia–Volhynia kingdom. Officially, the flag was first used as a state flag in 1918 when it was officially adopted by the short-lived West Ukrainian People’s Republic and then used by the Ukrainian People’s Republic. Like Russia, when Ukraine fell under the control of the Bolsheviks the national blue and yellow flag was outlawed. It was only until 1949 that the country adopted the Ukrainian SSR flag which remained the flag of state until 1991 when the country gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the yellow and blue flag was restored in 1992. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the sixth and current president of Ukraine.