For respective months now, a photograph appears on social media all erstwhile in a while, showing high-school bridegrooms and their wedding guests. In the background of 2 men he holds the Ukrainian flag. The article explains that the photograph is simply a photomontage and was actually taken in Russia.
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Source: Twitter/Tomasz SommerNewlyweds in Russia
Recently reworked photograph with alleged Ukrainian couple placed on his Twitter Tomasz Sommer, Editor-in-Chief of the weekly “Highest TIME!”. The reverse image search on TinEye shows that the oldest appearance on the network dates back to 2016. The hailing group holds the flag not blue-yellow, but with visible black and yellow colors. The link to the photograph leads to the no longer existing poxe.ru portal, but this peculiar page has entered into archive Wayback device service.
Source: TinEyeIn a comment under Sommer's tweet, the real location of the location where the photograph was taken was presented by the user @Gajus_Marcius. He pointed to the street Lenin in the city Novokuźnosk Russia, located over 4300 km from Kiev. In the photograph you can see the wall of the monument Lenin standing other the building Administration of Nowokuźni Region.
Source: Lenin Memorial in NovokuźnoskFlag of the Russian Empire
The flag men hold in the photograph is flag The Russian Empire. It was introduced by Tsar Alexander II in 1858 and remained in usage until 1883. The black colour symbolizes the stableness of the state, yellow means spirituality, and white eternity and purity.
Source: Flags-World.comSummary
A image of the high-school bridegrooms was taken in Russia, which is why it is likely to depict the citizens of this country. The circulating photomontage on which the flag of the Russian Empire was converted into the flag of Ukraine is another example of primitive anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
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flags-world.com: Flag of the Russian Empire
