End of 18 century

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.

End of 18 century

Gazda from Kolomyjske

USS Officers on Mount Makivka: Zenon Noskovskyi, Olena Stepaniv, Ivan Chmola, Osyp Yarymovych, Sofia HalechkoOfficers of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen on Mount Makivka: Zenon Noskovskyi, Olena Stepaniv, Ivan Chmola, Osyp Yarymovych, and Sofia Halechko. Mount Makivka (Skole Beskids, Carpathians) was the site of the USS battle against Russian forces in April–May 1915, in which Olena Stepaniv participated and for which she received the silver Medal for Bravery.

Ruthenians

Ruthenian women.

Ostapiv Veselka Kom Ephraim Krevey

Tarnovsky Vasyl (junior) in national costume

Young lady Brustura

Hutsul in a sheepskin coat

Hucul

Priest with a psalm during Easter

Traditional blessing of food at Easter

Bleaching canvas near a pond. 1920s. Southern Chernihiv region. P. 35.

Women and girls, possibly dressed to celebrate a wedding, in Ukraine's Pavlohrad Region in 1909

A wedding ceremony is immortalized in a print found in Fedir Vovk's personal archive.

Village houses in Ukraine in the late 1800s or early 1900s

Ukrainian peasants in the Kyiv region in the late 1800s or early 1900s

Verkhovyna 5

Verkhovyna 4

Verkhovyna 3

Verkhovyna 2

Paraska Portrait

Musician from KolomyiGalicia is famous for its musical diversity, which is deeply integrated into social life even today.

HutculAn 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.

Bandurist Danylo Sherbyna

A man on a fenceOne of the many photos of people and the area where Paraska-Plytka Horytsvit lived

Magic of CarpathianParaska 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.

Precious jewelry for a Ukrainian womanUkrainian jewellery has always performed two functions — protective and informative. Amulets and ritual ornaments were worn only on the body - wedding rings, bracelets and crosses. Well, those that were worn over clothes spoke eloquently about the owner's wealth.