Picturing the Soviet Republics: Ukraine

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This time we are trav­el­ing to Kiev, the cap­i­tal of one of the most sig­nif­i­cant Soviet states — the Ukraine. Below you will find pic­tures from a book called “Ama­teur Pho­tog­ra­phers”, pub­lished in Kiev in 1986.

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An Encounter. (L. Sidorsky).

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In the Artek (famous young pio­neer sum­mer camp) by V. Narkyavichute

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You Get Half and I Get Half (A. Nesterenko)

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Son of the Earth (A. Bovkun)

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First Time to Watch by a Sickbed (L. Popov)

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Future is Wait­ing by M. Polischuk

Many thanks to a Russ­ian pho­tog­ra­pher Liubov Sautina for keep­ing these fas­ci­nat­ing pic­tures.  Please visit her Flickr page.


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