Oleksandr KlymenkoKyiv

The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, 24 August 1991

The sheet bearing the text of the Act, held before the microphones. The paper is backlit, so the heading reads in mirror image — from the side the hall saw, not the side of the person reading it. The Act was drafted by Levko Lukianenko, for whom 24 August was also his birthday.

Author:Oleksandr KlymenkoDepicted:Declaration of Independence of UkraineMedium:PhotographyGenre:Documentary PhotographyStyle:PhotojournalismPlace: KyivOriginal: All rights reservedReference to: Original

Oleksandr KlymenkoKyiv

The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, 24 August 1991

P. H. Tychyna resting in HolosiivA photograph of the poet Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna resting in Holosiiv (Kyiv). He lies asleep on a cloth spread over the grass beneath a tree on the bank of a body of water; an open case stands beside him. 18 June 1933.