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This article is about the Coat of Arms of Ukraine. For the nationalistic paramilitary organization dedicated to Stepan Bandera, see Tryzub (organization).

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Coat of arms of Ukraine
File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg
ArmigerUkraine
Adopted19 February 1992
BlazonAzure, a tryzub Or
Earlier version(s)File:Coat of Arms of UNR.svg File:Coin of Vladimir the Great (reverse).svg
UseUkrainian People's Republic (1918–1920)

The coat of arms of Ukraine is a blue shield with a golden trident. Officially referred to as the Emblem of the Royal State of Volodymyr the Great,[1] or, colloquially, the tryzub Template:IPA-uk (Ukrainian: тризуб, "trident"), the insignia derives from the seal-trident of Volodymyr the Great, the first Grand Prince of Kyiv.

The small coat of arms was officially adopted on 19 February 1992,[2] while constitutional provisions exist for establishing the great coat of arms, which is not yetTemplate:When? officially adopted. The small coat of arms was designed by Andriy Grechylo, Oleksii Kokhan, and Ivan Turetskyi. It appears on the Presidential Standard of Ukraine. Blue-coloured tridents are considered to be an irregular representation by the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. The greater coat of arms which has not been adopted consists of the small coat of arms and the coat of arms of the Zaporizhian Host (Constitution of Ukraine, Article 20).

The trident was not thought of as a national symbol until 1917, when one of the most prominent Ukrainian historians, Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, proposed to adopt it as a national symbol (alongside other variants, including an arbalest, a bow or a cossack carrying a musket, i.e. images that carried considerable historical and cultural and heraldic significance for Ukraine). On 25 February 1918, the Central Rada (parliament) adopted it as the coat of arms of the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic.

During the Soviet period of 1919–1991 and independence between 1991 and 1992, the state symbols were consistent with the Russian SFSR and the Soviet Union – a hammer and sickle over the rising sun.

File:Stamp of Ukraine s26.jpg

Ukrposhta stamp "The first anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. State Coat of Arms and State Flag of Ukraine". 1992

See also[]

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  • Armorial of Ukraine
  • National symbols of Ukraine
  • Symbols of the Rurikids
  • Columns of Gediminas
  • Cossack with musket
  • Flag of Ukraine
  • Trishula, Trident of Poseidon

References[]

  1. Wolczuk, Kataryna (2001-12-01). The Moulding of Ukraine: The Constitutional Politics of State Formation. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-615-5211-64-5.
  2. "Про Державний герб України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  • Pritsak, Omeljan (1998). The Origins of the Old Rus' Weights and Monetary Systems. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. ISBN 0-916458-48-2.
  • Zhukovsky, Arkadii (1993). "Trident (tryzub)". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 5. Retrieved 2009-03-26.

Further reading[]

  • Леонід К. В справі герба України. — Київ : Видавництво „Шлях“, 1918. — 8 с.
  • Все про світ. Країни. Прапори. Герби: енциклопедичний довідник / [відповідальний за випуск М. Ілляш]. — К. : Школа, 2001. — 622 с. ISBN: 966-7657-79-5.
  • Ґречило А. Українська територіальна геральдика. — Львів, 2010. — 280 с. (ISBN: 978-966-02-5259-2)
  • Гай-Нижник П. П. З історії створення державного герба та печатки Української держави Павла Скоропадського // Архіви України. — № 6, 2001
  • Ґречило А. Становлення українських національно-державних символів у 1917—1920 роках // Записки наукового товариства ім. Шевченка. — Львів, 2006. — Т. CCLII. — С. 114—142.

External links[]

Template:Ukrainian coats of arms Template:Ukrainian heraldry Template:National symbols of Ukraine

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