Large green living room of Hanenko museum in the 1920s.

Chestakhivskyi Grigoriy

Living Echo of the Cossack Elite: Georgiy Narbut in Paraska Apostol’s Kontusz with Kelep and Colonel MiloradovychIn the photograph, Georgiy Narbut stands in the Cossack hall of the Tarnovsky Museum (now a room of the Chernihiv Regional Library for Youth), fully immersed in a historical Ukrainian image. He is dressed in the kontusz of Paraska Apostol, daughter of Hetman Danylo Apostol, holding a kelep in his right hand, while to his right stands Colonel Mykhailo “Cannon” Miloradovych. This staged yet documentary scene shows Narbut not just studying Cossack-era artifacts, but literally wearing them, turning himself into a living embodiment of the Ukrainian noble-Cossack past.

Photo of the main facade of the National Museum of Arts of Ukraine. Early 20th century.

Пантелеймон Куліш у шапціPanteleimon Kulish (1819–1897) was a key figure in the Ukrainian cultural revival. He authored the first Ukrainian historical novel, The Black Council (1857), and worked as a publisher and editor (including the journal Osnova), as well as an ethnographer and historian. He developed the phonetic Ukrainian orthography known as “Kulishivka,” translated Shakespeare and worked on a translation of the Bible, helping to establish standards for the literary Ukrainian language. He moved in the circle of Taras Shevchenko, was married to the writer Hanna Barvinok (Oleksandra Bilozerska), and was connected to the intellectual milieu of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood. He hailed from the then Chernihiv Governorate (now Sumy Oblast).

Vasyl Vasiliovych Tarnovskyj Junior admires his collection of Cossack antiquities. Kachanivka

Stoianov at the Batumi Classical Gymnasium

The first foreigner who boldly defended the rights of Georgians to their native languageA teacher, ethnographer, and defender of cultural heritage in the 19th century - Olexander Stoianov

Berezil MuseumDuring the winter 1924-1925 season, Berezil received the premises of the V. Lenin Theater (former M. Solovtsov Theater). The museum exhibition was displayed in three rooms in the foyer. Berezil staff gave tours and continued to put together the collection of the Theater Museum, which from the beginning was planned as an all-Ukrainian museum.

The statue of the god at Angkor through the eyes of Sofia Yablonska

A girl in a hat

A half-naked girl with a basket on her head

Cultural elite at the opening of the monument to KotlyarevskyThe first work of new Ukrainian literature - "Aeneid", written in the vernacular back in 1798, is a symbol of a new era for Ukrainian culture.

Ukrainian Orchestra Hortytsia

Kazymyr Malevych - ukrainian artistHis work is evidence of how the avant-garde moves forward, constantly looking back, how traditional Ukrainian folk culture becomes an inspiration for revolutionary and modern art.

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

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Solomiya Krushelnytska in costumeIn the modern Ukrainian tradition, she is included in the list of the most famous women of ancient and modern Ukraine.

Dissident Lukyanenko in the hands of the people on the day Ukraine regained independence in 1991

Bandurist Danylo Sherbyna

Stanislav Ludkevych - legend composerHe became the first professional musician of Galicia, the founder of leading musical genres, primarily symphonic and instrumental.

King of tenors Oleksandr Myshuga in the role of FaustAt the end of the 19th century, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Myshuga was considered the "king of tenors" and the owner of the best lyrical voice. On the world stage, he was placed in the same row with Caruso and Chaliapin, on the Ukrainian stage - with Solomia Krushelnytska and Modest Mentsynskyi.

Kobzar capellaBandura and its tradition existed throughout Europe for centuries, but only Ukrainians were able to preserve it to this day.

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi with a group of Ukrainian student youth in PoltavaAt the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the death of Ivan Kotlyarevskyi

Ivan AlchevskijUkrainian singer (lyric tenor), public figure; organizer, head of the Ukrainian literary and artistic society "Kobzar". He studied singing with his older brother Grigory, then in Paris and Brussels.

A symbol of the fight for independence - poet Vasyl Stus reading

The red living room of the Khanenko familyThe young couple, the Khanenkos, were fascinated by the idea of their own artistic gathering. They traveled a lot in Europe, visited auctions and private collections. They were guided by the advice of leading experts in the history of art.

Mark Lukych-KropivnickijMarko Lukich Kropyvnytskyi (1840-1910) is one of the founders of the Ukrainian professional theater, writer, playwright, theater director and actor.

Ukrainian phenomenon artist KyjindzhiAn artist from Mariupol with a world name and Greek roots conveyed all the beauty of Ukrainian nature.

Hello, This Is Radio 477!Scene from the show. Act 1. Part 2. “Galoshes № 13” (advertising poster)

Impressive costumes of KrushelnytskaShe was very famous not only in Poland, where she became a real star, but also throughout Europe.

Koshytc choir in WashingtonThe choir that performed "Shchedryk" (More known english version - "Carol of the Bells") in the USA went precisely with the mission of cultural diplomacy - to convey information about the young Ukrainian state, which gained its independence in 1918, through songs.

Soul of Ukrainian cinema Ivan MykolajchukPlayed 34 roles in movies, wrote 9 scripts and has two directorial works. In the Ukrainian SSR, communist party marked him as "untrustworthy", but nation called him "the soul of Ukrainian cinema".