Ruthenian Triad

The Ruthenian Trinity (Ruthenian: Руська троица; Ukrainian: Руська трійця, romanized: Ruska triitsia) was a Galician literary group led by Markiian Shashkevych, Yakiv Holovatskyi, and Ivan Vahylevych, which began a national and cultural revival in the western Ukrainian lands in the late 1820s (1833–1837). They were representatives of Romantic nationalism in Ukraine and played a crucial role in the development of Ukrainian nationalism. The three all first met as students at the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary in Lviv. They also represented Galician Russophilia, and supported union with Russia.