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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.
Portrait of Olena Stepaniv by Osyp KurylasPainted portrait of Olena Stepaniv by Ukrainian artist Osyp Kurylas (1870–1951), who himself served in the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and created numerous portraits of the riflemen and the USS gallery.
Olga Adrianivna Prakhova in the "Mac" costume and Laura Arthurivna Dugottier in the "Vesta" costume.Photo by Franz de Meser.
Documentary and archival fund of the National Art Museum of Ukraine. F. 17 (Mykola Murashka Foundation). Unit coll. 3. Ark. 219