The Koliivshchyna (1768-1770) was a national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people for the restoration of their sovereign state with a revolutionary model of social equality, which was only later implemented and still operates on the European continent. It was led by the Haidamak heroes, who, undaunted by torture and death, went into battle, giving their lives for the freedom of Ukraine and their people.

They were guided by the right of the people to revolt, first enshrined in the Magna Carta of 1215, the natural right to resist tyranny and oppression, the sacred right to dignity. For Ukraine, this right was and is extremely relevant. This right, which is still enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, is a truly universal guarantee of the exercise and, most importantly, protection of all other human and civil rights.

It is the memory of the Koliyivshchyna that helps to preserve the self-awareness and separateness of the Ukrainian nation, does not allow it to disintegrate and be assimilated by stronger neighbours.