Ivan Poddubny (R) with one of his younger brothers

World champion in classical women's wrestling (1915) - Maria Yakymovna KovacIn 1913 she came to Odessa to earn money. On the recommendation of friends she moved to study with famous wrestlers in St. Petersburg, where she signed a contract to perform at women's championships, in circuses, and theaters. During performances she bent iron with her teeth, lay down under the platform over which a car was passing. In 1914 she defeated the Scottish ring star Kelt, the Bulgarian Glovcheva, the Romanian Vasilescu, in 1915 in Kyiv—the world champion K. Giraldi from Revel (now Tallinn). At the beginning of World War I she moved to the city of Zhmerynka (now Vinnytsia Oblast), graduated from medical courses. In 1917–22 she worked as a nurse (in particular in the Hnivan hospital); in 1922–23—a typist of the Hnivan city executive committee, in 1937–59—a Vinnytsia Oblast sugar trust. I did not return to sports.

Borchynia Zavidna Agafia RodionovnaShe was 190 cm tall and weighed about 170 kg. In 1904–10 she studied wrestling with I. Poddubny, who helped her create strength moves that even men could not repeat, and also performed with him at tournaments. She broke chains, bent horseshoes in one hand, lifted a “two-pounder” (about 33 kg) with one little finger, held eight people in the “wrestling bridge” position on her, did a “carousel” with an iron rail, the ends of which were held by 3–4 people; a 164-kilogram stone block was broken on her chest with hammers. From 1911 she performed independently in the Russian Empire, the countries of Europe, Central and Central Asia, and Africa. Before World War I, she was the only woman in the Russian Empire who received a patent for the right to hold French wrestling championships. In 1918–20, she lived in Nikopol. During one of her performances, she was injured, but after recovering, she continued to perform. The house where the athlete lived has been preserved in Nikopol.

Father Mykola Lysko - one of the first priests who arrived in the Ukrainian community of the first settlers of the state of Paraná in Brazil

A man from the Ukrainian community, the first immigrants in Brazil, demonstrates the art of having many children on the doorstep of his house

The first streets of Ukrainian emigrants in Brazil

Wedding family photo of the first immigrants from Ukraine in Brazil

Tree stumps in the first Ukrainian settlements in Brazil

The Gazdas are ready to explore the vast expanses of Brazil, which will later become the state of Paraná and the city of Prudentópolis.

Construction of the first roads in the state of Paraná, in the Brazilian jungle, by Ukrainian immigrants

Brazilian gentlemen from Ukraine in nice suits

Ukrainian farmers have greatly improved the Paraná region in terms of agro-industry, and this trend continues to this day.

The first Brazilian harvests of the first Ukrainians on the continent in wild conditions

Basilian priests Tiko and Diva

The first printing press in Prudentopolis

Father Athanasius. The grand opening of the new printing house in 1938.

Father Athanasius, 1st Ukrainian Church

Ostapiv Veselka Kom Ephraim Krevey

Church with carriages

Seminary of Mercia Guimaraes

Sister of Josaphat I. Raphael

Sister Josaphat College is expanding

Church of St. Basil the Blessed in Prudentopolis

Church of Hope Ternoski

Wedding of Anair Lopez

Dionysius Opushkevych Ukrainian Club

Another club November 12

Mércia Guimarães, Workers' Club і Cine Oriente

Father Athanasius' Immigrants

Father Atanasio's Immigrant Barracks 1896

Marcelo Escolinha Immigrants

Father Atanasio's Immigrant Barracks

Brazilian Ukrainian Immigrants in senador Correa Machado

Extreme UtochkinUtochkin was a real idol of the public: he made the first flight across the Odessa Bay, taking off from Alexander Park (now Shevchenko Park) and landing in Dofinivka. In addition to aviation, Utochkin was involved in almost all available sports - he was a cyclist, fencer, boxer... Odessans jokingly called him an "academician of sports". Utochkin always made a show of his flights - this is how he earned a living. In 1910, a grand exhibition opened in Odessa, and an aviator's flight over its territory was organized to entertain the public. Interestingly, the organizers of the exhibition earned 3,000 rubles from this event, and Utochkin was paid 35% of the fee. However, he was offended and did not fly over the exhibition again. This is not surprising, because Utochkin's fees were usually much higher. For example, as the winner of the air competition in Warsaw that same year, he received 17,500 francs.

Nudie Cohn in his store with "Nudie and his Mandolin" vinyl

A watering hole under a bridge in a city in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablonska

Sofia Yablonska sits on the hood of a car in Morocco

Two boys riding two bulls in the town of Angkor

Traveling by car on the beaches of the island of Borneo by Sofia Yablonska

An unknown man in an unknown place called Talifou in the lens of Sofia Yablonska

Ferry crossing on the island of Borneo during the travels of Sofia Yablonska