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Народний одяг західних областей України ("Folk clothing of western regions of Ukraine"). Olena Kulchytska. Lviv, Ukraine, 2018.

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Ukrainian girls perform a national dance at a school in Ustyluh.

Circa December 1917.

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Sofia Druzyakina in P. I. Tchaikovsky's "Cherevychky". Early 20th century.

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"The Apartment and Its Decoration" by O. Bayar, R. Blashkevich (1962)

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Тополя (Poplar Tree) | 1996 | Valentina Kostyleva | Ukraine

Based on the poem by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. A young girl falls in love with a Cossack who goes off to war. She waits faithfully for his return, but as time passes, he does not come back. Heartbroken and despairing, she fears he has died or forgotten her. The villagers pressure her to marry someone else, but she refuses.

In her sorrow, she seeks help from a traditional Ukrainian village witch/folk healer, begging for a way to preserve her love and avoid an unwanted marriage. The witch casts a spell that turns the girl into a poplar — tall, slender, and always reaching toward the distance, as if still looking for her beloved.

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Дикие Лебеди / The Wild Swans (1962)

is a Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the husband-and-wife team of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya. The film is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Unusual for Soviet films of this period, and especially for animated films, it was produced in widescreen.

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Riccardo Galli (Italian painter, 1869-1944) 

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Prince (now King) Charles dances the Hopak with Ukrainian group "Hoverla" in Derby, England in 1981.

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Halsin Tav Picnic outing

Halsin and my tav picnic outing // i love bear halsin so much . . .

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Білолобий. Illustrated by Tatyana Kapustina. 1966.

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Grenadian post stamp, 1996

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Sermon in a Ukrainian Village Church, 1888, Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків), dir. Sergei Parajanov, 1965

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A rare photo of a pregnant woman of that time, Kyiv, 1912

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"Peasant girl with cat" (1880s)

Kirill Lemoch (1841-1910)

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964), dir. Sergei Parajanov

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Portrait of a Young Woman in National Clothing by Ivan Loboda, 1971