Green Ukraine

Green Ukraine
Зелений клин
1917–1922
Flag of Green Ukraine
Modern-day proposal for a flag representation of Green Ukraine[1][2]
Proposed territory of Green Ukraine
Proposed territory of Green Ukraine
Statusunrecognized, self-declared entity
Head of government 
• 1918—1922
Yurii Hlushko
Historical eraRussian Civil War
• Established
24 June 1917
• Independence
April 1918
• Disestablished
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Far Eastern Republic
Today part ofRussia

Green Ukraine,[a] also known as Zelenyi Klyn[b] or Zakytaishchyna,[c][note 1][3][4] is a Ukrainian name for a would-be independent Ukrainian state in the southern Russian Far East area between the Amur River and the Pacific Ocean, an area roughly corresponding to Outer Manchuria.

"State colonies of Ukraine", Yuri Hasenko, 1920

After the establishment of the Bolshevik Far Eastern Republic on April 6, 1920, Far Eastern areas with a significant ethnic Ukrainian minority population discussed the possibility of establishing an entity called Green Ukraine.[5][6][7] This movement quickly proved abortive.

Geographically, Green Ukraine borders the present-day North Korea, in the special city of Rason and the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin.

  1. ^ Smith, Ned (24 February 2001). "Green Ukraine / Ukrainian Far East (1921, Russian Far East)". FOTW "Flags Of The World". CRW Flags. Retrieved 24 October 2018. In "Flags of Non-Russian Peoples Under Soviet Rule" by Prof. Walter Trembicky [tbc69], pages 134 and 135, it mentions two proposed flags for Green Ukraine, or the Ukrainian Far East, neither of which was officially adopted, since the movement quickly proved abortive. There are simple black & white line drawings illustrating the two proposed flags on p. 133 of [tbc69]. The green in the two flags was described as dark or deep green. ... One [of the two proposed flags] was the Ukrainian blue-over-gold bicolor with a green triangle at the hoist.
  2. ^ Trembicky, Walter (1969). Flags of Non-Russian Peoples Under Soviet Rule. Flag Research Center. pp. 134, 135.
  3. ^ "«Закитайщина». «Другая Украина» на Дальнем Востоке". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Юрій Глушко (Мова) — Україна Incognita". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ Jonathan D. Smele (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 476. ISBN 9781442252813.
  6. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 17 декабря 1926 г". 1927.
  7. ^ "Зеленый Клин. Как украинцы осваивали дикие земли Дальнего Востока". 28 January 2024.


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