Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Photo

Basilian Monastery

ID: 1540
Date: 1901
Place: Buchach
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

A general view of the Basilian Monastery in Buchach located on the slopes of Fedir Mountain, on the site where the Cathedral of True Cross was once standing.…

Basilian Monastery

ID: 1541
Date: 1899
Place: Buchach
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

A view of the Basilian Monastery from the center of Buchach. The monastery is located on the slopes of Fedir Mountain. The central building of the complex is…

ID: 1542
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

ID: 1544
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

ID: 1545
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

Soborna Square

ID: 1554
Date: 1900-1910
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The Austriaplatz, todays Soborna Square, is the highest elevation downtown Chernivtsi (225 m). It is one of the oldest marketplaces in town where also firewood…

Ukrainian National House

ID: 1555
Date: 1899
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

Chernivtsi was the ethnically most ‘mixed’ of all provincial capitals of the Habsburg Empire. In 1910 out of a total population of 90.000, around 33% were…

Ukrainian National House

ID: 1556
Date: 1925-1930
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

Chernivtsi was the ethnically most ‘mixed’ of all provincial capitals of the Habsburg Empire. In 1910 out of a total population of 90.000, around 33% were…

Regional Сouncil of the Chernivtsi Oblast

ID: 1557
Date: 1907
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The postcard shows the Palace of Justice, built on what was then part of the Theatre Square (or Fish square) in 1906. Only in 1910, when the chamber of…

Former Jewish National House

ID: 1558
Date: 1922-1937
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

Chernivtsi was the ethnically most ‘mixed’ of all provincial capitals of the Habsburg Empire. In 1910 out of a total population of 90.000, around 33% were…

Bridge across the Pruth River

ID: 1559
Date: 1909
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The postcard shows the bridge for pedestrians and individual transportation. The first wooden bridge across the Pruth was built in 1835, replaced by a…

Public Bath on River Pruth

ID: 1560
Date: 1911
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The postcard shows a public bath for men (“Herrenschwimmbad”) at the river Pruth in Chernivts. Pubilc baths were a very popular recreation area for the…

Villa in Chernivtsi

ID: 1561
Date: 1913
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The postcard shows a villa in Chernivtsi, built around 1900. In the background the building of the residence of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of the Bukowina…

Panoramic View of the City

ID: 1562
Date: 1901
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

Panoramic view of Chernivtsi from the Northeast, most likely the photo was taken from the Weinberggasse. In front and to the right the older parts of the city…

Front View of the Geek Orthodox Cathedral

ID: 1563
Date: 1928
Place: Chernivtsi
Collection: Library of the Institute of Ethnology Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv

The postcard shows the front facade and the main entrance of the Geek Orthodox Cathedral of the Decent of the Holy Spirit in Cernăuţi (Chernivtsi). The…