September 27, 2021 | History
A Visit to the Restaurant in 1923
Dear friends, we came across the price lists of the most popular restaurants in Ostroh, Ukraine when doing genealogy research in Rivne Archives. I liked...
April 20, 2021 | History, video
Bukovynian Wedding. 1940 Soviet Propaganda Film. Part 3
I hope you will like seeing a real old Bukovynian wedding too. Now I can imagine what kind of reality is behind a marriage record...
March 24, 2021 | History
Drohobych Salt
This man is producing salt in the factory that started operating in 1250 and he’s doing it the exact same way as 800 years ago!...
March 4, 2021 | History
The Stories of a Boyko Gazda
“A serious Gazda (host) from Sambir, contemptuously named a Boyko, sits in his house that looks more like a smokehouse for human bodies rather than...
February 24, 2021 | History, video
Bukovyna – Ukrainian Land. 1940 Soviet Propaganda Film. Part 2
The 2nd part of the Soviet propaganda film (read more about it in the previous post) lets us see Bukovyna in the 1940s. However, the...
February 16, 2021 | History, video
Bukovyna – Ukrainian Land. 1940 Soviet Propaganda Film. Part 1
Bukovyna - Ukrainian Land is a film created in 1940-1941, right after the northern part of the region was annexed by the Soviets. It was...
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