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Tatar Children's School
Women and girls, possibly dressed to celebrate a wedding, in Ukraine's Pavlohrad Region in 1909
A village scene from Ukraine's Volyn region in 1909
Village houses in Ukraine in the late 1800s or early 1900s
Ukrainian peasants in the Kyiv region in the late 1800s or early 1900s
Bridesmaid from the area of Gródek Jagielloński in Volhynia, Poland (now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). The woman is shown wearing a traditional Ukrainian floral crown, known as a vinok. Her attire also includes a multi-strand beaded necklace and a traditional garment.
The photograph is from a series and is dated between 1925 and 1939. The title of the work is "Druhna z okolic Gródka Jagiellońskiego na Wołyniu", which translates to "Bridesmaid from the area of Gródek Jagielloński in Volhynia".
Ernst Haeckel with his assistant, Nicholai Miklouho-Maclay, in the Canary Islands
Ukrainian ethnic house interiorThe walls in the house were sometimes decorated with plant ornaments. Sometimes our ancestors added here images of birds - roosters, jackdaws, magpies. These drawings were made with oil paints.