The Great Coat of Arms Sweatshirt

£58.00 GBP
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Color : Black
Black
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Story behind the illustration

The concept of a "Great Coat of Arms" is a constitutionally mandated symbol intended to embody the complete historical unity of Ukrainian lands. The idea was to create one large symbol that combined three major eras: the Trident (representing ancient Kyivan Rus'), the golden lion representing the Kingdom of Rus' (Galicia-Volhynia) and Western Ukraine and the Cossack with a musket (representing the Cossack Hetmanate). While the Trident serves as Ukraine's official coat of arms today (technically called the "Small Coat of Arms"), this larger version was never officially adopted because parliament could never agree on a final design.