Picture of newlyweds
“It’s a picture taken at the wedding of art historian Natalia Smirnova and painter Yurii Nikitin, icon-painter in later years. Usually it was common for art…
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Woman and man wearing coats
“Hanna Vlasivna Doroshenko survived Kyiv’s occupation, lost her husband at war and single handedly raised two children and her kid sister. In 1946 she was…
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Woman wearing a fur hat
“It’s a picture of my granny Maiia Smirnova. She was a modelling designer in the Republican Modelling House. She quitted her job in the late 1970s due to…
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Young woman wearing a hat
“It’s a picture of my mother Svitlana Doroshenko (maiden name Avramenko), a Kyiv native, wearing a jacket and the hat made by her sister Maiia Smirnova…
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Married couple
“It’s a picture of my grandfather Ivan Myronovych and grandmother Olena Konstiantynivna of family Avramenko. Unlike her husband Olena was of ‘non-proletarian…
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Two men on a street
It's a picture of my great grandfather Mykola Danilovych Tsvitkovkii (wearing a vyshyvanka) and male nurse Petro Ivanovich Kulinich. Mykola was a general…
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Girl in ushanka (earflap)
Inscription at the back of the photo: “From Larysa to my dearest Halochka and Hrysha. 13.IX.1966” “It’s a picture of my great-aunt Larysa Henadiivna Korshak…
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Three women and a man
Inscription on the back side of the photo: “1.IX.1953. To my dear father. Yu.V. M.V” “ In the center of the picture there is Tsvitkivska Yulia Andriivna. Her…
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Photo of woman and man in vyshyvanka
Signed: “from V. and V. Tsviatkivski to beloved Tetyanka and Natalochka, Halyna and Grisha to remember. 1982” “It’s a picture of my great-uncle Vasyl…
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Young women by a monument
“It’s a picture of my mom Tetiana (in the middle), her sister Natalya (on the left) and their cousin Maryna (on the right). My mom and aunt wear identical…
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Newlyweds with best man and bridesmaid on the street
"My father Mykhailo Miroshnychenko was a witness at the wedding of his second cousin Tetyana Karasyova. In the photo, we see a bridesmaid Liubov Kovach, a…
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Studio photo of a woman
"It’s a picture of my mother Svitlana Miroshnychenko. In this photo she is about 25 years old. She worked as a controller in the incoming control inspection of…
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Three young men
Senior year students Mykhailo Miroshnychenko (left) and Mykhailo Cherevan (right) with their friend (center). This photo is contribued by Stanislav…
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Two young women
"My mother Svitlana Broda (on the left) on a visit with her cousin Larysa Broda. In this picture Svitlana is a school graduate, Larysa is studying at the Lviv…
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Young woman and man on the stairs
"It’s a picture of my mother Svitlana Broda and her friend Serhii Zanochkyn standing on the stairs of the summer movie theater in Druzhba park. At that time…
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