Modern researchers have different estimates of the reign of Hetman P.P. Skoropadsky in Ukraine in May-November 1918. In the military industry - the organization of the Ukrainian armed forces, the hetman used the developments and achievements of his predecessor, the Minister of War of the Central Rada, Alexander Zhukovsky. A characteristic difference from the period of the Central Rada was, perhaps, external signs - a uniform in the field of which during the time of hetmanism P.P. Skoropadsky made considerable shifts.