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.

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Tags: Chernigov oblast · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Kharkov oblast · Khmelnitsky oblast · Kiev oblast · Kirovograd oblast · Lviv oblast · Poltava oblast · Ternopil oblast

Abandoned opencast brown coal mine Morozovskiy is located near the city of Oleksandriya (Kirovograd oblast). The enterprise is under liquidation, coal mining is not carried out for 5 years, despite the fact that the brown coal reserves are sufficient for at least another 20 years of active mining.

The mine is flooded by groundwater. Several machines were built before the Second World War. Photos by general-kosmosa.

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Tags: abandoned · Kirovograd oblast · Oleksandriya city