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.
A village scene from Ukraine's Volyn region in 1909
Views of Odessa. [Album]. View of the Pokrovsk Church and Aleksandrovsky Avenue. Mid-1850s.
Odesa. Quarantine. Mid-1850s.
Bison
Boys from the Plast hut ‹The Winged Bunker› 1947. Bavaria
Verkhovyna 12
Verkhovyna 11
Verkhovyna 9
Verkhovyna 8
Villa Bashkirtseff in NiceFrom 1871 to 1877, the Bashkirtseff family villa in Nice served as a setting for Marie’s early ambitions. Here, surrounded by the social life she adored, Marie immersed herself in private studies, driven by her vision of fame. Today, Nice commemorates her with a dedicated street and a permanent display of her work in the Musée des Beaux-Arts.
A watering hole under a bridge in a city in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablonska
Irish Landscape Design in Ukrainian Park by Dionysius Mickler
Oleksandr and Margarita Murashko on their wedding day
Sofia Yablonska is sitting in a car
View from the ship
Paraska Portrait
Gazda from KolomyjskeSince 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.
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.
A man on a fenceOne of the many photos of people and the area where Paraska-Plytka Horytsvit lived
Photo by G.P. Shevchenko. Village of Kyrylivka. Windmills. Cherkasy region (Zvenyhorod district, village of Kyrylivka). 1907-1908.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.
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