Man on a chairlift
"It’s a picture of my father Viktor Makarovich Kornienko on a package tour given him in his place of work - Artem factory. Many of my relatives were working in…
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"It’s a picture of my mom Lyudmyla Kornienko with her colleagues after work. Some of their clothes are bought in their factory where clothes from Eastern bloc…
Read moreTwo women on a street
"It’s a picture of me with my friend on a walk (me to the right). I am wearing a hat and a coat made from artificial leather. Both were bought in a store.…
Read moreWoman on a walk with two children
That’s me walking with my kids and wearing a coat over an aerobics outfit. I am a professional choreographer. From 1983 I gave aerobics lessons in a studio in…
Read moreA wedding photo
"It’s a picture of me with my husband Anatolii on a wedding day. My costume from English milk-white wool was made for my official ceremony. I saw a similar…
Read moreWoman by the fountain
“It was the first or second year when beauty contests were held. I took part in it and almost made it to the finals. I was one of the oldest contestants and…
Read moreWoman with a girl on a street in summer
"Picture was taken on the Potemkin stairs in Odesa. It depicts me, Halyna Usenko (my maiden name) standing with my mom Hanna Romanivna Usenko. Our family is on…
Read moreYoung woman on a river boat
It’s a picture of my mom Natalia Chorna, young and happy first-year student of Dnipropetrovsk State University. She’s wearing a fashionable grey costume made…
Read moreYoung woman with headscarf
It’s a picture of my mom’s sister Olya Chorna (Kozina) in a light-colored shirt and her favourite costume hand-sewn from sturdy dark-green fabric by her mom…
Read moreMan holding a child
It’s a picture of my grandfather Volodymyr Chornyi (born 1944), “a dandy in bologne” (waterproof cloth associated in USSR with Bologna in Italy) holding my…
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