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End of 19 century
Photography
Carpathians
A man on a fence
One of the many photos of people and the area where Paraska-Plytka Horytsvit lived
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Restoration copyright: All rights reserved
Fund Museum of Paraska Plytka Horycvit
Carpathians
Portrait
Paraska Portrait
Carpathians
Tradition
Gazda from Kolomyjske
Since ancient times, Ukrainians lived in harmony with nature and were skilful owners, using the knowledge and experience of their ancestors. That's why the Canadian government massively helped them with emigration to Canada at the end of the 19th century, so that they could work on endless uncultivated lands.
Culture
Carpathians
Music
Musician from Kolomyi
Galicia is famous for its musical diversity, which is deeply integrated into social life even today.
Carpathians
Tradition
Hutcul
An ethnographic group of Ukrainians who live in the Carpathians and who, according to one version, are descendants of the most ancient tribe of the chronicled Uliches.
Photography
Ukrainian ladies in Harkiv
For some time, Kharkiv played the role of the capital, thanks to the industrial development of the Donetsk-Kryvorizka region, the city became one of the largest cities of the All-Russian Empire. At the same time, it was one of the centers of activity of the Ukrainian revival.
Architecture
Photography
City
Cultural center of the continent in 19 century was Kyiv
At the end of the 19th century, Kyiv could be considered the cultural center of the continent, where Eastern and Western civilizations met.
Architecture
Photography
City
Life is bustling in old Kyiv
It is not surprising that at the end of the 19th century, almost half of all Jews in the world lived in Ukraine. The cultures of all the countries on the continent flocked there and it was very beneficial for doing business.
Carpathians
Nature
Magic of Carpathian
Paraska created her own microcosm, which exists on the border between truth and fiction, where the real is so closely intertwined with the mystical that it is impossible to separate them. Her life is a difficult path of trials, including 10 years of Soviet camps for the help of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
Photography
Nature
Windmills by Hryhoriy Shevchenko
Hryhoriy Shevchenko - a photo artist from the Shevchenko family - the great-grandson of the late Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko. He was engaged in photography at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which allowed him to capture places and people that had not yet undergone dramatic changes and retained their pristine authenticity.