Mazepynka

It has since become a symbol of Ukraine's military,[1] and been adopted by several later groups, including the Ukrainian Galician Army, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (in a modified form), and, most recently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2015.

A combined form of the Mazepynka and Kyivlanka, known as a "Banderivka" after nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, later became part of the uniform of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

[5] A Mazepynka was created by Vasyl Pidhorodetskyi [uk], an imprisoned Ukrainian independence activist, for fellow activist Mykhailo Horyn following the latter's release from Soviet prison in the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

[6] After having used a variation of the Soviet peaked cap since achieving independence in 1991, the Armed Forces of Ukraine adopted the Mazepynka on 4 February 2015.

[7] The move was part of a broader rebranding campaign to distance the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Soviet and Russian militaries, as well as strengthening an independent Ukrainian identity.