Two young women wearing a headscarves
It’s a picture of my granny Tetyana Zaharieva as a guest at wedding with her friend Halya Buhanets in her home village Valuivka. They are bridesmaids. That’s…
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Woman in a dress with a brooch
"This photo pictures my mother Nadiia Perevertailo in a dress made of orange crimplene. Since she lived in a dormitory, she would sew all the things only when…
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Two women on a studio photo
“It’s a picture of Nadia Perevertailo with her friend Halyna. Nadia is wearing a demi-season wool coat, a gift from her American aunt Varvvara. Her hat is…
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Family is posing for a photo
Alexandrovich family with relatives at their home. Sitting in white: Yevheniia Lazarivna, a teacher in women 's gymnasium, Adam Konstantinovich, a teacher of…
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Woman in a white dress
"Yevheniia Lazarivna Aleksandrovich, who worked as a teacher in a women's gymnasium, loved white dresses all her life. Even when ordering clothes for her…
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Two young women in white dresses
"It’s a picture of my grandmother Valentina Adamivna Aleksandrovich (on the right). At home she was called Lyalya. After finishing shorthand writing courses in…
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Family in a park
“I think that this picture was taken at Kyiv Botanical garden because my family lived nearby. It’s a picture of my granny Halyna Mykolaiivna Nikolenko (in the…
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Two women standing with the Andriivska church in the background
“In 1944 my grandmother Halyna Mykolaiina Nikolenko became the director of the Museum of History. It was the same time when the museum got its building on…
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Young women on a walk in the woods
“It’s a picture of my mother Nadia Kravchenko and her friend Liusia Bystrova on a walk in the woods near Kyiv. Both are students. Nadia will become an…
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A young man with the camera
"This is a photo of my father Boris Ostroverkh. Here he is a 21 years old 4th-year student of the Kyiv Institute of Water Management Engineering. He climbed…
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Two women and a man
"In the center of this picture you can see Abram Sokol, the brother of my grandmother Rosa (Rakhil) with his friends by the sides. All of them lived in the…
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Woman with an umbrella with seaside behind
"Historian Olena Luhova on vacation at Georgian resort, a popular vacation destination in Soviet times. Ms. Olena's dress was sewn in a studio in Pechersk…
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Woman wearing a hat
"It’s a picture of Olena Stanislavivna Kompan, Doctor of Historical Sciences and dissident. She studied socio-economic history and worked at the Institute of…
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Three women with their children
"It’s a picture of three sisters, younger children of the Klochko family. Their father Havrylo Yakovlevych Klochko worked as an assistant chief mechanic in…
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Two young women
"It’s a picture of Olena Luhova (on the left) and her friend Halia Yachnyk (on the right). It is autumn of 1944, Olena recently recovered from typhus and…
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