“Foreword” to the Carpathian Rusyns, page 4Page four of the same Transcarpathian publication: about the Rus language, the history of Rus and the fate of the Carpathian Rusyns. Connected with Avhustyn Voloshyn's educational work.
“Foreword” to the Carpathian Rusyns, page of a publicationA page of a Transcarpathian publication with a “Foreword” addressed to the Carpathian Rusyns: about their language, land and place among the Slavic peoples. Connected with Avhustyn Voloshyn's educational work.
Nauka newspaper, no. 4, April 1913Front page of Nauka, “a spiritual and instructive newspaper for the Ugro-Rusyn people”, Uzhhorod, April 1913, 17th year of publication. The paper was edited by Avhustyn Voloshyn; this issue carries an Easter article.
Avhustyn Voloshyn among peopleAvhustyn Voloshyn in a hat and coat among a crowd of young people. Late 1930s – early 1940s; the event is not identified.
Avhustyn Voloshyn in a gardenAn elderly Avhustyn Voloshyn with a walking stick stands on a garden path. Probably during his Prague years (1939–1945).
Avhustyn Voloshyn giving a speechAvhustyn Voloshyn reads a speech at a rostrum in front of microphones, with a trident on the wall behind him. Probably during Carpatho-Ukraine (1938–1939).
Avhustyn Voloshyn at a church serviceA Greek Catholic service: priests in vestments, in the centre probably Avhustyn Voloshyn in glasses. Even as a politician, Voloshyn continued to celebrate the liturgy.
Oksana Liaturynska, portraitPortrait of Oksana Liaturynska in a sweater, reproduced from a publication captioned “Oksana Liaturynska (1902–1970)”. Interwar period.
Ivan Zilynsky, portraitPortrait of the linguist and researcher of the Lemko dialects Ivan Zilynsky. After the Second World War he stayed in Prague as professor of Ukrainian and Belarusian at Charles University and died in Prague in 1952. The date of the photo is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Fedir Steshko, 1920Portrait of the musicologist and UPR Army colonel Fedir Steshko, 1920. In 1922 Steshko moved to Prague in connection with the creation of the Ukrainian Free University and headed the chair of music history at the Drahomanov Institute. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Serhii Shelukhin, 1918Portrait of the lawyer and diplomat Serhii Shelukhin, 1918, when he was Minister of Justice of the Ukrainian People's Republic and headed the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Soviet Russia. In emigration Shelukhin lived in Prague, chaired the Ukrainian Committee in Czechoslovakia and died in Prague in 1938. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Oleksandr Kolessa, 1937Portrait of the literary scholar and linguist Oleksandr Kolessa, 24 May 1937. Kolessa lived in Prague from 1921; as the first rector of the Ukrainian Free University in Prague he opened it with an inaugural lecture on 23 October 1921. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Oksana LiaturynskaPortrait of the poet and sculptor Oksana Liaturynska. From 1924 she lived in Prague, studied at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts, and her collections Husla (1938) and Kniazha emal (1941) appeared there. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Avhustyn Voloshyn, portraitPortrait of Avhustyn Voloshyn, a Greek Catholic priest, prime minister of the autonomous government and president of Carpatho-Ukraine. After the Hungarian occupation of 1939 he lived in Prague and worked at the Ukrainian Free University; in May 1945 he was arrested in Prague. The date of the photo is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Sofiia Rusova, 1934Sofiia Rusova in 1934, during her Prague years. From 1923 she lived in Prague, taught pedagogy at the Drahomanov Institute and headed the National Council of Ukrainian Women. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Ivan Kulets. Woman, before 1940Portrait of a woman by Ivan Kulets (Jan Kulec), a Ukrainian painter from Galicia who stayed in Prague after the First World War. Kulets taught at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts in Prague; in 1932 the studio was registered in his name. The painting is dated before 1940. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
General Yurii Tiutiunnyk, 1920General Yurii Tiutiunnyk, 1920. In November 1921 he commanded the UNR Insurgent Army in the Second Winter Campaign. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Mykyta Shapoval, 1920sPortrait of Mykyta Shapoval, a member of the Central Rada and a leader of the Ukrainian emigration in Czechoslovakia. The photo is dated to the 1920s, when Shapoval headed the Ukrainian Civic Committee in Prague, which founded the Ukrainian Husbandry Academy in Poděbrady. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Portrait of Olena Stepaniv by Osyp KurylasPainted portrait of Olena Stepaniv by Ukrainian artist Osyp Kurylas (1870–1951), who himself served in the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and created numerous portraits of the riflemen and the USS gallery.
Young lady Brustura
Hutsul in a sheepskin coat
Portrait Of A Woman
Vasyl Domanytskyi, historian, editor, public and political figure.
Portrait of an unknown woman
The Odious Vynnychenko
Група українських письменників, що зібрались у Полтаві на відкритті пам’ятника Котляревському
Starytskyj
Photo of Alla Horska, end of the 1940s, Odesa, Ukraine. Ukrainian Unofficial.