July 7, 2021 | Research, video
Family Research Happiest Moment
Have a look at this video, my friends. To my mind, it’s the happiest moment in the family research process. It is when you enter...
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...
April 1, 2021 | video
Kosmach Pysanka
It is not easy to have a fresh look at the tradition of painting pysankas because it so popular! We’re seeing the photos of so...
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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