page_title: Vyshyvanka
section_title: Patriotism
hierarchical_section_title: Vyshyvanka / In Ukraine / Meaning / Patriotism
caption_attribution_description: Picture of Wilhelm Hapsburg (Vasyl Vyshyvanyi)
context_page_description: Vyshyvanka is a casual name for the embroidered shirt in Ukrainian, Belarusian and Rusyn national costumes. Ukrainian vyshyvanka is distinguished by local embroidery features specific to Ukrainian embroidery.
  Vyshyvanka is not present in the traditional Russian women's costume with the sarafan consisting of a long full skirt hanging just below the arms with straps or an extremely abbreviated bodice that secures it over the shoulders.
context_section_description: Archduke Wilhelm of Austria was a Ukrainian patriot who preferred wearing the vyshyvanka and was therefore known in Ukrainian as Vasyl Vyshyvanyi (Basil the Embroidered). The Vyshyvanoho Square was named in his honour in the city of Lviv.
  Vyshyvanka and other national symbols became extremely popular in Ukraine following Euromaidan, including in LGBT+ communities signalling their belonging to the nation.
caption: Archduke Wilhelm wearing a Vyshyvanka
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