The author of the new great coat of arms of Ukraine under Soviet rule drew “Corrupt Flag”

Oleksiy Kokhan, winner of the competition for the best sketch of the great state emblem of Ukraine, in his early works depicts cartoons, “Corrupt Flag” and US imperialist militants.

This is reported by historian Oleg Odnorozhenko on his Facebook page.

According to the historian, Kohan’s cartoons were published in the satirical magazine Peretz, which was published in Ukraine during the Soviet era.

Kokhan, in particular, painted a Ukrainian nationalist who, with a hat with a ribbon in the colors of the national flag and a suitcase with a swastika, the shield of Ukraine, the symbols of the SS Galicia division and the Radio Liberty logo , is trying to sell his soul to a devil in an American colored butterfly. flag.

The Americans in Kohan’s early cartoons are described as greedy and warlike.

“A small selection of” early “samples of Alexei Kokhan’s pen on the” heraldic “theme. I ask you to pay special attention to the” yellow-blue “hat from the” Corrupt Flag “in the cartoon with the” American “devil. This is the same hat as on the Cossack in the 1997/2020 project. And the trident in the suitcase is the same as in the 1991 project. One word is “the firm hand of the master.” Forty years have passed, but the style remains the same. Well, the Soviet blat has gone nowhere. ” Odnorozhenko.

Recall that the organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the contest for the best sketch of the great state emblem of Ukraine has determined the winners. Alexey Kokhan took first prize. 112 entries participated in the contest.

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