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    Soul of Ukrainian cinema Ivan Mykolajchuk

    Played 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".

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    Anna Sten
    Anna StenUkrainian-born Hollywood actress Anna Sten (1908 – 1993) rose from Kyiv’s theatre scene and early Soviet silents to German talkies before Samuel Goldwyn brought her to the United States, promoting her as “the next Greta Garbo.” Notable films include Nana (1934), We Live Again (1934) and The Wedding Night (1935). Her cosmopolitan career and star-making myth embody the transnational currents of 1930s cinema.
    Vasyl Vasiliovych Tarnovskyj Junior
    Vasyl Vasiliovych Tarnovskyj Junior admires his collection of Cossack antiquities. Kachanivka
    Stoianov at the Batumi Classical Gymnasium
    Stoianov at the Batumi Classical Gymnasium
    The first foreigner who boldly defended the rights of Georgians to their native language
    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
    Ksenia Desni, a scene from the film
    Ksenia Desni, a scene from the film
    Ksenia Desny in white dress
    Ksenia Desny in white dress
    Xenia Desni portrait
    Xenia Desni portrait
    Xenia Desni A, Eberth, Berlin
    Xenia Desni A, Eberth, Berlin
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    Ksenia Desni "Ross", Berlin
    Portrait of Vira Kholodna
    Portrait of Vira Kholodna
    Vira Kholodna
    Vira Kholodna
    The statue of the god at Angkor through the eyes of Sofia Yablonska
    The statue of the god at Angkor through the eyes of Sofia Yablonska
    A girl in a hat
    A girl in a hat
    A half-naked girl with a basket on her head
    A half-naked girl with a basket on her head
    Sofia Yablonska with a camera
    Sofia Yablonska with a camera
    Irena Bohdanova in a dress
    Irena Bohdanova in a dress
    "The Great Way" of Renata Bohdanska
    "The Great Way" of Renata Bohdanska
    Natalie Wood on the phone
    Natalie Wood on the phone
    Natali Wood
    Natali Wood
    Maya Deren with a cat
    Maya Deren with a cat
    Maya Deren in Kyiv as a child with her mother, 1918
    Maya Deren in Kyiv as a child with her mother, 1918
    A still from “Ritual in Transfigured Time,” with Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin, and Deren in the foregr
    A still from “Ritual in Transfigured Time,” with Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin, and Deren in the foregr
    Unknown photograph of Maya Deren
    Unknown photograph of Maya Deren
    Maya Deren in the scene of the movie "Meshes of the afternoon"
    Maya Deren in the scene of the movie "Meshes of the afternoon"
    Maya Deren in mirror
    Maya Deren in mirror
    Dzyga Vertov
    Dzyga Vertov
    Cultural elite at the opening of the monument to Kotlyarevsky
    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
    Ukrainian Orchestra Hortytsia
    Kazymyr Malevych - ukrainian artist
    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 Kolomyi
    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
    Dissident Lukyanenko in the hands of the people on the day Ukraine regained independence in 1991
    Bandurist Danylo Sherbyna
    Bandurist Danylo Sherbyna
    Stanislav Ludkevych - legend composer
    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 Faust
    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 capella
    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 Poltava
    Mykhailo Hrushevskyi with a group of Ukrainian student youth in PoltavaAt the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the death of Ivan Kotlyarevskyi
    Ivan Alchevskij
    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
    A symbol of the fight for independence - poet Vasyl Stus reading
    Large green living room of Hanenko museum in the 1920s.
    Large green living room of Hanenko museum in the 1920s.The Khanenkos collected a collection of world art for about 40 years, and then transferred it to the city.