Young woman by a heap of baskets
“It’s a picture of Svitlana Martynenkom, a student of the Institute of foreign languages. Students of this institute had the possibilities to look behind an…
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Young woman in a blouse with a tie
Tamara Lubenets during her student years at KPI. She studied at the radio faculty. Then all her life she worked at the radio factory in Vidradnoye with…
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Two young women
"Sisters Olena (on the right) and Sofiia Voitsekhovski on their graduation day. After that Olena Ivanivna went on working as a clerk in a law office, and her…
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Woman in a white fluffy hat
“It’s a picture of my mother Valentyna Nikolaieva. At that time, she was working as an engineer. She is wearing a hat made of swan fluff. She says that her…
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Young woman wearing a dress
“It's the picture of me in the dress that I bought because I liked it although it was a few sizes big. I decided back then, that I'll grow into it. I wore it…
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Young woman in a fur coat
"From 1995 to 2000 I was a student of the Faculty of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko University. I came to study in Kyiv from a small town in the north of…
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Young woman on a boulevard
"I loved to be photographed and always dreamed of becoming an actress. I collected photosand constantly changed costumes. In post-war Kyiv people had no money…
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Two girls and a boy on a boulevard
Tamara Lubenets with her brother and school friend on Shevchenko Boulevard. 1951, September This photo is contributed by Serhii Hrynenko, Tamara's son.
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Two girls and a hat
Tamara Lubenets with her friend near her house in Nesterivsky Lane. This photo is contributed by Serhii Hrynenko, Tamara's son.
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Family on vacation
"Olena Voitsekhovska and her husband Pompii Lubenets. He was a land improvement specialist. He studied and worked in Kyiv. He went on work trips to the…
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Two women
"It’s a picture of Julia Voitsekhovksa (on the left) her friend Paulina. Julia at that time worked in the estate of one of the wealthy families of Kyiv.…
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Studio photo of a woman
“It’s a picture of Maria Terentiivna Kulchytska (née Yurkovska), my grandfather Anton's sister. She was born in a Polish catholic family around 1898. Her…
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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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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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