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Provincial Ukrainians in the 1950s
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, History, People
An interesting collection of photographs taken in various regions of Ukraine in the mid-20th century. All presented photographs are taken from the album “Ukrainian Folk Art. Costumes” published by the State Publishing House of Fine Arts and Musical Literature of the Ukrainian SSR in 1961. This album shows Ukrainian folk costumes of the 19th-20th centuries.
The material in the album is arranged in chronological order, taking into account the characteristic features of folk costumes of different regions of Ukraine. The album contains unique materials that reveal the regional diversity of cut, fabrics, and decoration.
A girl in summer clothes. Kyiv Oblast.
A girl in summer clothes. The village of Degtyari, Sribnyansky District, Chernihiv Oblast.
A girl in summer clothes. Chernihiv Oblast.
Girls in festive attire. The village of Kopatchintsy, Cherpelytsky District, Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk) Oblast.
Girls in summer clothes. Kyiv Oblast.
Summer clothing of a young woman. The village of Ivangorod, Aleksandrovsky District, Kirovohrad Oblast.
A young woman in summer clothes. The village of Karapyshi, Myronivsky District, Kyiv Oblast (1957).
An elderly woman in an embroidered shirt. The village of Perelyub, Kholminsky District, Chernihiv Oblast.
An elderly woman in summer women’s clothing. The village of Vilshanytsia, Yavoriv District, Lviv Oblast.
An elderly woman in everyday clothes. Lviv Oblast.
An elderly man in a shirt with an embroidered shirt front. The village of Lisovichi, Tarashcha District, Kyiv Oblast (1957).
Elderly women. The village of Malutyanka, Vasylkivsky District, Kyiv Oblast (1957).
A girl in a kersetka (women’s sleeveless outerwear). Kharkiv Oblast.
A girl in festive attire. The village of Khudykivtsi, Borshchiv District, Ternopil Oblast.
A woman in summer clothes. The village of Gorayiv, Staro-Ushitsky District, Khmelnytsky Oblast (1957).
A girl and a woman in summer clothes. The village of Kryvche, Belobozhnitsky District, Ternopil Oblast.
A woman in everyday clothes. Poltava Oblast.
Elderly people attire. The village of Zaval’e, Snyatinsky District, Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk) Oblast.
Tags: Chernigov oblast · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Kharkov oblast · Khmelnitsky oblast · Kiev oblast · Kirovograd oblast · Lviv oblast · Poltava oblast · Ternopil oblast
Karen · May 14, 2021 at 3:49 am
Lovely photographs. Unfortunately, the region of each ethnic costume is not identified,
Thank you.
Author comment by Sergei Rzhevsky · May 26, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Added this information to the photos