Symbols Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
a cossack musket emblem of zaporizhian host , later state emblem of hetmanate , ukrainian state. origin of emblem uncertain, while first records date 1592. on initiative of pyotr rumyantsev emblem phased out , replaced russian double-headed eagle in 1767.
a cossack rifle restored hetman of ukraine pavlo skoropadsky in 1918. however, later emblem disappeared again until in 2005 reappeared on proposed great seal of ukraine. in 2002 adopted flag , identical coat of arms of oblast, consists of cossack musket , 9 yellow eight-pointed stars. stars represent coat of arms of yekaterinoslav governorate consisted of imperial monogram of catherine great.
other symbols
an official plants wheat, acanthus , oak.
per aspera ad astra motto of region.
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