| Coat of Arms of the Zaporozhian Host | |
| Image2 Width: | 150 |
| Image2 Caption: | Coat of Arms of the Zaporozhian Host (Lower) |
| Image3: | Alex K Ukrainska Derzhava.svg |
| Image3 Width: | 150 |
| Image3 Caption: | Coat of Arms of the Ukrainian State (1918) |
| Year Adopted: | 1648 |
| Crest: | Tryzub (variation) |
| Shield: | Azure, cossack with rifle Or |
| Supporters: | None |
The Cossack with rifle, sometimes as Knight with rifle or Cossack with musket (Ukrainian: Лицар із самопалом|translit=Lytsar iz samopalom), is a former national emblem of the Cossack Hetmanate (Zaporozhian Host).[1] In the early 20th century, it was used as the official national emblem of the short-lived Ukrainian State.
left|thumb|200px|Sign of Ukrainian cossacks Otaman of the 16th century, Hryhoriy LobodaThe literal translation of the emblem is "Knight with improvised weapon". However, samopal more precisely here means a general rifle rather than an improvised firearm. According to an arts studies specialist, samopal used to refer to any rifle but musket or carbine.
The origin of the emblem is uncertain, while its first records date back to 1592. On the initiative of Pyotr Rumyantsev the emblem was phased out and replaced with the Russian double-head eagle in 1767.
The emblem was revived by Pavlo Skoropadskyi, the hetman of all Ukraine, in 1918. However, later the emblem disappeared again until in 2005 it reappeared on the proposed Great Seal of Ukraine.
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the emblem has to be included into the Great Seal of Ukraine.
Based on images of the Zaporizhian Host Coat of Arms, they define four iconographic types of the base coat of arms figure (cossack):