Editing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (section)

==Symbols==
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 | caption1 = [[Cossack with musket]] of the [[Zaporizhian Host]]
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 | caption2 = Coat of Arms of [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]]
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{{Main|Cossack with musket}}

A Cossack with a musket was an emblem of the [[Zaporizhian Host]] and later the state emblem of the Hetmanate and the [[Ukrainian State]]. The origin of the emblem is uncertain, while its first records date back to 1592. On the initiative of [[Pyotr Rumyantsev]] the emblem was phased out and replaced by the Russian double-headed eagle in 1767.

A Cossack with a rifle was restored by the [[Hetman of Ukraine]] [[Pavlo Skoropadsky]] in 1918. However, later the emblem disappeared again until in 2005 it reappeared on the proposed Great Seal of Ukraine. In 2002 was adopted flag and identical coat of arms of Oblast, which consists of cossack with musket and nine yellow eight-pointed stars. Stars represent coat of arms of [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]] which also consisted of imperial monogram of [[Catherine the Great]].

The official plants are [[wheat]], [[Acanthus (plant)|acanthus]] and [[oak]]. The motto of the oblast is [[Ad astra|Per aspera ad astra]].{{clear}}