Women in a park
“My mom Olga Yurkovska (on the left) with her friend in the Botanic Garden in Kyiv.” Comment by Alla Yurkovska. This photo is contributed by Alla Yurkovska.
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Studio photo of two young women
“My mom Olga Solodovnyk (on the right) at 17 with her friend. Picture was taken in a photo studio in Obukhiv.” Comment by Alla Yurkovska. This photo is…
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Women wearing coats and hats
“This is my mom Olga Yurkovska (on the right) with her school friend Sophia Ponomarenko. After finishing school in Obukhiv her friend, as well as my mom, moved…
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Studio photo of a woman
“My mom Olga Yurkovska (Solodovnyk at birth) was born in the family of blacksmith and collective farmeress in Obukhiv in Kyiv region in 1935. After finishing…
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Young woman on a riverbank
“In 1966 I, then 18, finished Glier music college of Kyiv specializing in piano and was assigned to teach a piano in Chernobyl (at that time after graduation…
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Women near the VDNKh entrance
“It’s a picture of me, a student of a music academy, taking a walk with my friend Olena Ioel, who has been living in Germany for many years. We’re standing…
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May Day Parade
“It’s a picture of my mom Lydmyla Phedorivna, my father Konstyantyn Naumovich (last on the right) and me marching in the Bolshevik factory’s column to the…
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A woman with two girls
“My dearest people are in this picture: grandma Nina, my aunts - Iryna and Zenoviia. She and the girls are all wearing the dresses granny used to make herself.…
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Young woman in a park
“It’s a picture of mom Inna Marchuk, a happy student on a stroll. Elegant black and white with dress with white insets (even buttons are wrapped in cloth) was…
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Studio photo of woman with a boy
“It’s a picture of my mother Osypa Mykhailivna Butrak and cousin Volodymyr Butrak. The picture was taken in one of the photo salons in Lviv.” Comment by Iryna…
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A married couple
“It’s a picture of my parents Yosyp and Osypa (Yuzia). The photo was taken in one of the Lviv photo studios. My parents were working-class people. My father…
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Woman in a coat and hat with children
Vira Yakivna Blokha with children Leonid and Volodymyr. This photo is contributed by Yevheniia Korolova.
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Studio photo of a woman with two children
“It’s a picture of my grandmother Vira Yakivna Blokha with her sons Leonid and Volodymyr. In 1947, at the age of 18, worked as a typesetter in a printing…
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Woman with a handbag
“When my grandmother Vira Blokha was young she loved to be photographed. She often went to the photo studio with her family and bought pictures from street…
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Women in a park
“It’s a picture of my mom in white dress (born 1921) with her friend. At that time she was studying in Nurse school at Sloviansk. My grandfather Dmytro Solovei…
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