Olha and Mykyta Shapoval. Prague, 1922

Cover of a book by Mykola Veres, London, 1967Cover of a book by Mykola Veres (London, 1967): a seaside town and a sailing boat, burgundy print and hand lettering.

Cover of Leonid Poltava's book Ukrainski baliady, 1952Cover of Leonid Poltava's book Ukrainski baliady (Paris, 1952): a stylised stork in an ornamental knot, printed in burgundy.

Cover of Ivan Irliavskyi's book Holos sribnoi zemli, 1930sCover of Ivan Irliavskyi's poetry book Holos sribnoi zemli (Prague, 1930s): a girl in folk dress reaches toward the sun beside a wooden church.

Mykyta Shapoval in New York, 1927Mykyta Shapoval in a bowler hat and overcoat, with a walking stick, on a terrace with a palm. Handwritten on the photo: “New-York. March–April 1927”. From the Central State Archive of Supreme Bodies of Power of Ukraine (TsDAVO).

Avhustyn Voloshyn in a gardenAn elderly Avhustyn Voloshyn with a walking stick stands on a garden path. Probably during his Prague years (1939–1945).

Oksana Liaturynska, portraitPortrait of Oksana Liaturynska in a sweater, reproduced from a publication captioned “Oksana Liaturynska (1902–1970)”. Interwar period.

Cover of the collection Kniazha emal, 1941Cover of Oksana Liaturynska's poetry collection Kniazha emal (Prague, 1941), with an ornament in the style of old Rus enamel: a beast among plant motifs in green and red on a cream ground.

Group on a viewing terraceA group of young people poses on a stone viewing terrace. From the Prague Ukrainian émigré circle connected with Oksana Liaturynska. Interwar period; the people are not identified.

Prague émigrés on an outingA group of young people on a rocky slope during an outing. From the circle of the Ukrainian emigration in Prague, where Oksana Liaturynska lived. Interwar period; the people are not identified.

Oksana Liaturynska beside a sculpted bustOksana Liaturynska next to a sculpted bust of a moustached man, probably her portrait of Taras Shevchenko. The sculptor made portraits of Shevchenko, Petliura and Konovalets.

Oksana Liaturynska in a sculpture studioA group of sculpture students in work coats beside a plaster figure. Top left, a woman works on the figure — probably Oksana Liaturynska, who studied sculpture in Prague. 1930s.

Kateryna Oleksandrivna LindforsStudio portrait of Kateryna Oleksandrivna Lindfors (1876–1947), of the Lindfors family into which Sofiia Rusova was born. Time and place unknown. From the archive of the Sofiia Rusova Charitable Foundation.

Sofiia Rusova in a wicker chairSofiia Rusova sits in a wicker chair next to a house with shutters. Photo from the archive of the Sofiia Rusova Charitable Foundation. Date and place are not established; probably the Prague period (1920s–1930s).

Ivan Zilynsky, portraitPortrait of the linguist and researcher of the Lemko dialects Ivan Zilynsky. After the Second World War he stayed in Prague as professor of Ukrainian and Belarusian at Charles University and died in Prague in 1952. The date of the photo is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Fedir Steshko, 1920Portrait of the musicologist and UPR Army colonel Fedir Steshko, 1920. In 1922 Steshko moved to Prague in connection with the creation of the Ukrainian Free University and headed the chair of music history at the Drahomanov Institute. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Ukrainian delegation at the peace talks with Soviet Russia, 1918The Ukrainian delegation at the peace talks with Soviet Russia, 1918. Seated (left to right): Slivinskyi, Shelukhin, Doroshenko, Eichelmann; standing: Bilinskyi and Mishkovskyi. Serhii Shelukhin headed the delegation; later he lived in Prague, and Otto Eichelmann taught at the Ukrainian Free University. Photo from Oko magazine; source: Wikimedia Commons.

Serhii Shelukhin, 1918Portrait of the lawyer and diplomat Serhii Shelukhin, 1918, when he was Minister of Justice of the Ukrainian People's Republic and headed the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Soviet Russia. In emigration Shelukhin lived in Prague, chaired the Ukrainian Committee in Czechoslovakia and died in Prague in 1938. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Oleksandr Kolessa, 1937Portrait of the literary scholar and linguist Oleksandr Kolessa, 24 May 1937. Kolessa lived in Prague from 1921; as the first rector of the Ukrainian Free University in Prague he opened it with an inaugural lecture on 23 October 1921. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Oksana LiaturynskaPortrait of the poet and sculptor Oksana Liaturynska. From 1924 she lived in Prague, studied at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts, and her collections Husla (1938) and Kniazha emal (1941) appeared there. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Avhustyn Voloshyn, portraitPortrait of Avhustyn Voloshyn, a Greek Catholic priest, prime minister of the autonomous government and president of Carpatho-Ukraine. After the Hungarian occupation of 1939 he lived in Prague and worked at the Ukrainian Free University; in May 1945 he was arrested in Prague. The date of the photo is unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Sofiia Rusova, 1934Sofiia Rusova in 1934, during her Prague years. From 1923 she lived in Prague, taught pedagogy at the Drahomanov Institute and headed the National Council of Ukrainian Women. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Ivan Kulets. Woman, before 1940Portrait of a woman by Ivan Kulets (Jan Kulec), a Ukrainian painter from Galicia who stayed in Prague after the First World War. Kulets taught at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts in Prague; in 1932 the studio was registered in his name. The painting is dated before 1940. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Mykyta Shapoval, 1920sPortrait of Mykyta Shapoval, a member of the Central Rada and a leader of the Ukrainian emigration in Czechoslovakia. The photo is dated to the 1920s, when Shapoval headed the Ukrainian Civic Committee in Prague, which founded the Ukrainian Husbandry Academy in Poděbrady. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Olena Pchilka in her youth — studio portraitStudio half-length portrait of young Olena Pchilka (Olha Drahomanova-Kosach): in a white embroidered shirt with an openwork pattern and a dark waistcoat with a small floral ornament, with several strands of beaded necklaces around her neck. She is shown in three-quarter pose, with one hand holding a flower and resting on a stone plinth. The background is a studio backdrop.

Lesya Ukrainka in a floral wreathStudio portrait of young Lesya Ukrainka in a wreath of wildflowers with a dark ribbon, with a long braid over her shoulder, wearing an embroidered shirt and a dark bodice, with several strands of beaded necklaces. One of the canonical photographs of the poet in Ukrainian folk dress from her early creative period.

Lesya Ukrainka in her youth with flowersStudio portrait of young Lesya Ukrainka: in a dark embroidered blouse with a dense floral pattern and wide white sleeves with geometric openwork embroidery, wearing a beaded necklace and an embroidered ribbon at the throat. She leans her left arm on a studio pedestal where a bouquet of wildflowers rests. One of the best-known photographs of the poet as a young woman.

Studio portrait of Olena Stepaniv with saber and decoration on her sleeve, in USS uniform, c. 1914–1915Full-length studio portrait of Olena Stepaniv in the uniform of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen: a mazepynka cap with cockade, a tunic with breast pocket, breeches with puttees, and high lace-up boots. She stands with arms crossed on her chest, her right hand resting on an officer's saber stood vertically on the floor. A decoration ribbon is visible on her left sleeve — likely the silver Austro-Hungarian Medal for Bravery she was awarded on 10 November 1914 for her role in the Carpathian Campaign. The backdrop is a studio curtain on the right and a wicker chair on the left. A photographer's stamp is visible in the lower-right corner.

Full-length studio portrait of Olena Stepaniv with a saber, in USS uniform, c. 1914–1915Full-length studio portrait of Olena Stepaniv in the uniform of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen: a mazepynka cap with cockade, a tunic with breast pocket, breeches with puttees and boots. In her right hand is an officer's saber. The backdrop is a painted studio scene with a balustrade and park architecture. Likely taken in Lviv in 1914–1915, during her active service with the USS before her capture by Russian forces in May 1915.

Studio portrait of USS officer (khorunzha) Olena Stepaniv, c. 1914–1915Studio portrait of Olena Stepaniv in the uniform of a khorunzha (junior officer) of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (USS). The eight-pointed star insignia on the collar tabs marks USS officer rank; the mazepynka cap bears a central cockade. The tunic collar is decorated with traditional Ukrainian embroidery. The photograph was likely taken in Lviv during her period of active service (1914–1915), before her capture by Russian forces near Bolekhov in May 1915.