Tryzub (organization)
The Tryzub is a Ukrainian paramilitary organization founded in 1993 by the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. Its full name is the Stepan Bandera All-Ukrainian Organization "Tryzub". Its main goal is to create the Ukrainian United Independent State. According to Tryzub, its enemies are "imperialism and chauvinism, fascism and communism, cosmopolitanism and pseudo-nationalism, totalitarianism and anarchism".
History
It was created in October 1993 by the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. Tryzub's leader since 2005 is Dmytro Yarosh. Among other important figures are Ternopil's Officer Union member Eugene Fil and Ivan Suta. Yarosh pointed out the presence of educated theorists, naming Serhiy Kvit and Peter Ivanishin.Tryzub became the basis for the formation of the Right Sector, and Yarosh became the leader of the coalition.
As of 5 February 2014, the Investigative Committee of Russia claimed to have issued an international arrest warrant for Dmytro Yarosh.
Name and symbols
The term tryzub is the name of the coat of arms of Ukraine. The front shape resembles a trident. Ukrainian includes the special term tryzubets for a trident per se, the shape on the coat of arms is specifically called by a derivative term tryzub. The difference between tryzub and tryzubets is not fully translatable in English, yet resembles the one between a trident and a trishula. While the first is more casual, the second is more symbolic.The organization logo consists by the official description of "the Christ sword and the tryzub, like that of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists".