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«FOREVER FREE UKRAINE!» (exposition, 1st floor)

«FOREVER FREE UKRAINE!» (exposition, 1st floor)
  • Poster «Forever Free Ukraine!», which gave the name to the exhibition.
    Artwork by Vasyl Petruk. 1918.
  • Starshyny (Officers) of the Zaporizhzhia Army Corps of the Ukrainian National Republic. In early 1919.
  • Cossack fur hat worn by the Ukrainian military. 1917-1920.
  • M. Tonkoshkur, Sotnyk (Captain) of the 17th Rifle Brigade of the 6th Rifle Division of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian National Republic wearing a brand-new division uniform. Photo taken not earlier 1920.
  • Sword Knots from the Ukrainian National Republic Army. 1918-1920.



  • A Compass belonging to Mykola Mantulyak, officer of the 1st Zaporizhzhia Rifle Division. Presented by him to the Ukrainian History Cabinet in Prague. 1921.
  • Yevhen Konovalets wearing a jacket introduced in the Armed Forced of the Ukrainian National Republic in 1919.



  • Uniform Design for the Ukrainian National Republic Border Troops. 1919.
  • A Sich Riflemen Council Member`s Badge designet by the artist Mykhaylo Brynsky. 1919.
  • AN ACT PREPARED BY THE INTENDANT DIRECTORATE-GENERAL OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF FABRIC FOR THE COSSACKS’ MILITARY UNIFORM AS WELL AS ITS SAMPLES. 1920.
  • AN ACT PREPARED BY THE INTENDANT DIRECTORATE-GENERAL OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF FABRIC FOR THE COSSACKS’ MILITARY UNIFORM AS WELL AS ITS SAMPLES. 1920.
  • UKRAINIAN MILITARY UNIFORM BUTTONS DECORATED WITH THE SYMBOL OF THE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT. 1918-1920.
  • Oleksandr Udovychenko, Colonel-General of the Army of the Ukrainian National Republic. 1920s
  • SERVICE REGISTER OF GENERAL MYKOLA UDOVYCHENKO. 1923.
  • SLEEVE INSIGNIA OF A UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY SOLDIER. 1919.
  • MILITARY BELT FROM UKRAINIAN GENERAL OLEKSANDR UDOVYCHENKO’S UNIFORM. From the 1920s.
  • Mykhailo Obidny, Sotnyk (Captain) of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian National Republic. 1919.
  • DRAWING OF COLLAR INSIGNIA FOR THE GALICIAN REGIMENT NAMED AFTER BOHUN IN THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. 1919.
  • COLLAR INSIGNIA WORN BY THE MAJOR GENERAL OF THE GENERAL STAFF IN THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. June 16, 1920.
    COLLAR INSIGNIA WORN BY AN INFANTRY MAJOR GENERAL IN THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. March 30, 1920.
    COLLAR INSIGNIA WORN BY A MILITARY OFFICIAL WITH THE RANK OF “ADVISOR” TO HEADQUARTERS AND DIVISIONS IN THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. March 30,1920.
    COLLAR INSIGNIA WORN BY A LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF THE CAVALRY IN THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. March 30, 1920.
  • Starshyna (Officer) of the Independent Serdyutska (Guard) Division of the Ukrainian State’s Military. 1918.
  • COMBAT UNIFORM DESIGN FOR THE INDEPENDENT SERDYUTSKA (GUARD) DIVISION OF THE UKRAINIAN STATE’S MILITARY. 1918.
  • Starshyna (Officer) of the Hetman’s Headquater. 1918.
  • UNIFORM DESIGN FOR THE HETMAN’S HEADQUARTERS AND CONVOY. 1918.
  • Hetman of the Ukrainian State Pavlo Skoropadsky accompanied by the Secretary General Ivan Poltavets. 1918.
  • Sviatoslav Shramchenko, Captain-Lieutenant, wearing the uniform of the Ukrainian State Navy. Photo of 1921.
  • CAP WORN BY NAVAL OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SVIATOSLAV SHRAMCHENKO. 1918.
  • Ivan Zharsky, aviator of the Galician Army. 1919.
  • AVIATOR GLOVES AND HAT BELONGING TO MYKOLA SIERYKOV, WHO SERVED IN THE UNR ARMY AND THE GALICIAN ARMY. 1918-1919.
  • Volodymyr Kedrowsky, Colonel of the Army of the Ukrainian National Republic, statesman and political activist, journalist. Photo taken before 1917.
  • A BELT AND SPURS WORN BY UKRAINIAN OFFICER, VOLODYMYR KEDROWSKY. 1917-1919.
  • Assembly meeting for the 3rd All-Ukrainian Military Congress in Kyiv. October 20-31 (November 2-12), 1917.
    NATIONAL FLAG USED DURING THE SECOND ALL-UKRAINIAN MILITARY CONGRESS. June 5-10 (18-23), 1917.
  • A BADGE OF RANK FROM THE THIRD KYIV SCHOOL OF ENSIGNS. 1917.
  • Hnat Stefaniv, Sotnyk (Captain), Commander-in-Chief of the Galician Army, later – Colonel of the GA and the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian National Republic. Photo of 1918.
  • COLLAR INSIGNIA (ZUBCHATKY) AND SLEEVE INSIGNIA IDENTIFIERS WORN BY INFANTRY LIEUTENANT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC. 1919.
  • Mykola Opoka, Chetar (Officer) in the Galician Army. 1918-1919 (?)
  • SICH RIFLEMEN EPAULETS WORN BY AN UNIDENTIFIED UNIT OF SICH RIFLEMEN FROM THE GALICIAN ARMY. 1919 (?)
  • EPAULETS WORN BY OFFICER ROMAN BARYSH.
    EPAULETS WORN BY SERGEANTS AND SOLDIERS.
  • Antin Varyvoda, Commander of the Legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, later – Colonel of the Galician Army. 1916 (?)
  • WAIST BELTS AND BUCKLES WORN BY THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. 1918-1920.
  • BELT BUCKLE FROM A SICH RIFLEMEN’S UNIFORM (KYIVAN)
  • PREVIOUS RUSSIAN ARMY BELT BUCKLE REWORKED AND DECORATED WITH THE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT
  • PREVIOUS AUSTRIAN ARMY BELT BUCKLE REWORKED AND DECORATED WITH THE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT
  • Ukrainian Military Officer at the Lviv City Hall. November 1918.
    AUSTRIAN OVERCOAT BELONGING TO AN ARTILLERY OFFICER AT THE ARMED FORCES OF THE WESTERN UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC. 1918-1920.
  • Myron Tarnavsky, Ukrainian General, Commander of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Supreme Commander of the Galician Army. Photo of 1916.
  • JACKET WORN BY INFANTRY FIELD OFFICER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC. 1919.
  • Officer Sophia Halechko and Desyatnyk Sergeant Handzya Dmytrenko who served at the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion. 1916 (?)
  • AN OFFICER’S UNIFORM WORN BY UKRAINIAN SICH RIFLEMEN. 1914-1916.
  • Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (Vasyl Vyshyvany pseudonym). Colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion. Photo of 1922.
  • VASYL VYSHYVANY’S CAP. 1920.
  • AUSTRIAN STYLE MILITARY HEADGEAR WORN BY UKRAINIAN SICH RIFLEMEN. 1914-1916.
  • Levko Lepky, Lieutenant, Commander of the sotnya calvary (unit of one hundred men, the equivalent
    to a company), one of the organizers of the Legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.
    In 1916, Levko Lepky created new headgear for the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Mazepynka. Photo after 1916.
  • FIELD CAP (MAZEPYNKA). 1916.
  • SWORD KNOT BELONGING TO LEVKO LEPKY. 1918.
  • Roman Kaminsky, organizer and commander of Cavalry Brigade of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. Podillya. 1916.
  • AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN M 17 COMBAT HELMET FROM WWI, DECORATED WITH THE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT IN YELLOW, ON A BLUE BACKGROUND. 1918-1920.
  • BUGLE DECORATED WITH THE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT. 1918-1920.
  • Officer’s Training School (currently – the Ivan Bohun Military High SchooI (Lyseum)). 1918.
  • BADGE OF AN OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL GRADUATE DESIGNED BY OKHRIM SUDOMORA. 1918.
  • The line-up at the Zhytomyr Cadette School in Kamyanets-Podilsky. Summer of 1919.
  • FRENCH “ADRIAN” M 15 MILITARY COMBAT HELMET FROM WWI, PAINTED WITH A GOLD TRIDENT ON A BLUE DIAMOND BACKGROUND WORN BY CADETS FROM THE ZHYTOMYR CADET SCHOOL. 1919.
  • A GRADUATE’S BADGE FROM THE JOINT CADET SCHOOL. 1921.
  • FRENCH “ADRIAN” M 15 MILITARY COMBAT HELMETS FROM WWI
  • HELMET, PAINTED WITH WHITE UKRAINIAN TRIDENT
  • HELMET, WITH A UKRAINIAN TRIDENT ADDED ON TOP OF THE IMPERIAL TSARIST INSIGNIA
  • HELMET, PAINTED WITH YELLOW UKRAINIAN TRIDENT ON A BLUE CIRCLE
  • Hryhoriy Sukhin, Horunzhyi (Officer) of the 1st Lubny Regiment, named after Maksym Zalizniak of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian National Republic. 1920.
  • CAP OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. 1919.
  • COCKADES (ROSETTES) OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. 1918-1920.
    BADGE “UKRAINE” USED AS A ROSETTE IN THE GALICIAN ARMY. 1919-1920.
    INSIGNIA FROM THE 1st COSSACK-SICH RIFLEMEN “GRAYCOAT” DIVISION, WHICH WAS MADE BY UKRAINIAN PRISONERS OF WWI. 1918.
  • BADGE COMMEMORATING A “UNITED UKRAINE” DESIGNED BY IVAN BOBERSKY. 1917, 1918.
    COCKADE OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC DESIGNED BY PETRO TERESHCHUK. 1919.
  • MILlTARY DECORATION OF THE IRON CROSS “FOR THE WINTER CAMPAIGN BATTLES” № 3, AWARDED TO GENERAL OLEKSANDR ZAHRODSKY. 1921.
  • FLAG FROM THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC’S MILITARY UNIT. 1918-1920.
  • FLAG OF THE 3rd IRON RIFLEMEN DIVISION OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC ARMY. 1919-1920.
  • FLAG OF THE FREE COSSACKS. 1917-1922.
  • FLAG OF THE 2nd ZAPORIZHZHIA INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNDER WHICH PETRO BOLBOCHAN LIBERATED CRIMEA. 1918.
  • FLAG OF THE NAVAL MINISTER, ESTABLISHED BY HETMAN PAVLO SKOROPADSKY ON JULY 17, 1918. 1918 (?)
  • FLAG OF THE UKRAINIAN NAVAL FORCES OF THE UKRAINIAN STATE, ESTABLISHED BY HETMAN PAVLO SKOROPADSKY ON JULY 18, 1918.
    Reconstructed by Lieutenant Commander Sviatoslav Shramchenko.
    First half of the 20th century.
  • ICON OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHISTRATEGE, WITH A DONATIVE INSCRIPTION, PRESENTED TO ARCHDUKE WILHELM OF AUSTRIA BY THE CITIZENRY OF OLEKSANDRIVSK (CURRENTLY ZAPORIZHZHIA) IN 1918. 19th century (?)
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