[2] In the early 20th century, it was used as the official national emblem of the short-lived Ukrainian State.

However, samopal more precisely here means a general rifle rather than an improvised firearm.

According to an arts studies specialist, samopal used to refer to any rifle but musket or carbine.

On the initiative of Pyotr Rumyantsev the emblem was phased out and replaced with the Russian double-head eagle in 1767.

However, later the emblem disappeared again until in 2005 it reappeared on the proposed Great Seal of Ukraine.