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The national symbols of Ukraine include a variety of official and unofficial symbols and other items that are used in Ukraine to represent what is unique about the nation, reflecting different aspects of its cultural life and history.
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| Type | Symbol | Image | Notes |
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| Flag | Flag of Ukraine [1] |  | Official |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Ukraine [2] |  | Official. The lone emblem featured on it is the tryzub (meaning "trident"), a state sigil of the Kyivan Rus from the 10th century A.D., [3] believed to originally represent the Holy Trinity, possibly adapted from symbolism of a falcon. [4] |
| Flag with coat of arms | Flag with coat of arms of Ukraine [1] |  | Official |
| National anthem | "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy" [5] ('Ukraine has not yet perished') | Official | |
| Greeting | Glory to Ukraine! [6] | Слава Україні! (Slava Ukrayini!) | Official (used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian National Police) |
| National colours | Blue Yellow | Official | |
| National founder and patron | Sviatoslav The Brave [7] |  | Official |
| National dress | Vyshyvanka [8] |  | Official |
| National poet and artist | Taras Shevchenko [9] |  | Official. Lived from 1814 to 1861. [10] |
| Musical instrument | Bandura |  | Official |
| National dish | Borscht [11] |  | Official |
| National personification | Cossack Mamay |  | Official |
| National sport | Association football [ citation needed ] |  | |
| National dance | Hopak |  | Official |
| National liquor | Horilka |  | Official |
| National plant | Kalyna |  | Official |
| National flower | Sunflower [12] |  |
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The national and state anthem of Ukraine is known by: its official edition's first line "Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia", Ukrainian: Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля, Ukrainian pronunciation:[ʃt͡ʃɛneˈwmɛrɫɑukrɑˈjinɪiˈsɫɑʋɑiˈʋɔlʲɐ], lit. 'Ukraine's glory and freedom/will have not yet perished'; its original title "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina", Ukrainian: Ще не вмерла Україна, Ukrainian pronunciation:[ʃt͡ʃɛneˈwmɛrɫɑukrɑˈjinɑ], lit. 'Ukraine has not yet perished'; and its official designation of the State anthem of Ukraine, Ukrainian: Державний гімн України, Derzhavnyi himn Ukrainy. It is one of the state symbols of the country.
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The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU, is in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and University of Kharkiv. Its structure consists of 15 faculties and five institutes. The university is recognized as Ukraine's most prestigious university, and is the largest national higher education institution in the country.
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"Prayer for Ukraine" is a patriotic Ukrainian hymn published in 1885, which became a spiritual anthem of Ukraine. The text was written by Oleksandr Konysky, and the music was composed by Mykola Lysenko, first with a children's choir in mind. The song became the regular closing hymn in services of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and other churches. It gained national significance when it was performed by mass choirs during the Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917–1920. The hymn was intended to be an official spiritual anthem of Ukraine. It has closed sessions of oblast councils, and has been performed at major national functions.
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