West Ukrainian National Republic and the Ukrainian National Republic

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Politicians of the ZUNR

Lviv was the Capital

Ukranian Galician army(Ukrainska halytska armiia) recieved most of its armoury stocks and uniforms from the Austrian depots and demobilized German and Austrain troops.

While the Ukrainian national army recieved weaponry and uniforms from russian depots.

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It was formed around a nucleus consisting of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Rifles and other Ukrainian detachments of the Austro-Hungarian army

The UHA was a well-organized and disciplined force. It was established as a regular army of the ZUNR by the law of 13 November 1918 on compulsory military service, which empowered the State Secretariat for Military Affairs (DSVS) to divide the country into military districts, to define an organizational structure for the army, and to call up Ukrainian males between the ages of 18 and 35 for military duty. Three military regions (Lviv, Ternopil, and Stanyslaviv) were introduced, each consisting of four districts (covering five to eight countries). The military commander of each district was responsible for recruitment, training, and combat readiness.

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Galician high command

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UNR Army was formed in three ways: (1) by spontaneous detachment of Ukrainian units from the Russian army, forming, on the western front, the Haidamaka Cavalry Regiment; in Moscow, three Shevchenko regiments; in Symferopil and Chernihiv, the Doroshenko regiments; in Kyiv, the Polubotok Regiment, the Khmelnytsky Regiment (Bohdanivtsi), and other smaller units; (2) through Ukrainianization of Russian army units (at first without, but later with, the consent of the Russian army command); (3) through the reorganization of former army units (eg, the Sich Riflemen company was formed out of Austrian prisoners of war in Russia) or the creation of new units out of various army personnel (eg, the Bluecoats were formed out of Ukrainian prisoners of war in German camps and the Graycoats were formed out of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Austrian camps).

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Ukrainian national army troops


You can tell the difference between the two one wore austrian uniforms and the other wore russian uniforms. Instead, they were the Ukrainian emblem(trident) on their military hats.

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Ukrainian National Republic

overprint on an old austrian stamp

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