The army headquarters became known as the General Bulawa.

The handle and the top of the bulawa feature a decorative ornament and precious stones.

The headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed forces was called the General Bulawa.

Pursuant to presidential decree of November 29, 1999, they include four items: colour (standart), collar, bulawa and official seal.

The headquarters of the republic's armed forces was called the General Bulawa and was considered to be located in Kiev.

A bulawa (or bulava) is a ceremonial mace known in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.

The highest symbol of power was bulawa, or mace, that was carried by hetmans and kish otamans.

Each hetman received a hetman's ceremonial mace, the bulawa, as the symbol of his position (it was added to his coat of arms).

These maces were also used by Moldavian king Stephen the Great who used the mace in some of his wars (see Bulawa).

For example, Bohdan Khmelnytsky already from 1648 carried a silver gold-covered bulawa decorated with pearls and other valuable gem stones.

On August 11, 1919 he became the Quartermaster General at the General Bulawa (Military Council).

The presidential bulawa (mace) is made of gold-plated silver and its case from mahogany, decorated with an embossed picture of the minor state coat of arms.

As a trophy, Baryatinsky captured the bulawa of Vyhovsky which today is shown in the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.

Aljona Iwanowna Bulawa, Bereznjaki, Żytkawiczy District, Gomel Region:

On 1 January 1807, Dąbrowski was near Łowicz, where he received from the hands of Wincenty Krasiński a bulawa of hetman Stefan Czarniecki.

By the end of 19th century the Hermitage stored 17 kurin banners and one khoruhva, the Transfiguration Cathedral contained 20 kurin banners, three bunchuks, one silver bulawa, and one silver gold-covered baton.

After short service at the head of an artillery detachment went to study at the prestigious Artillery Academy of the General Staff along with Oleksander Hrekov with whom he joined the General Staff (General Bulawa) of the Ukrainian People's Army.

Kleinody were awarded to Zaporizhian Cossacks by the Polish king Stefan Batory on August 20, 1576 to Bohdan Ruzhynsky, among which were khoruhva, bunchuk, bulawa, and a seal with a coat of arms on which was depicted a cossack with a rifle (samopal).