In such an atmosphere, there also arose Ukrainian paramilitary societies such as the Sich Riflemen (1913), whose active members became the ideological initiators of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich ...

“It is believed the song is the second, unofficial Ukrainian anthem,” states ... for one of his theatrical productions. Then Sich riflemen, who were fighting the Russian army in the early ...

The song was a 1914 protest song written in honor of the Sich Riflemen who fought in World War I and the Ukrainian war of independence, the newspaper reported. “I thought: that is pretty magical ...

Archduke Wilhelm, more commonly known as Vasyl Vyshyvany, was a colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Sichovi Striltsi), a politician, diplomat, poet and dreamer.

the Sich Riflemen of the early 20th century sang it, and it became a folk song, too. There are several versions of the song. It was also sung by soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army during World ...