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COLLECTION Identifier: HOLLIS 009838851

Photographs, 1970-1973.

Overview

Po Radianskii Ukraini was a periodical of photographs documenting Soviet Ukraine. The photographs in this collection were taken throughout Ukraine in and near cities such as Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. They include images of major industrial and technical projects, idyllic rural and cultural scenes, and monuments and individuals important to Soviet history.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970-1973.

Conditions Governing Access

Access is by appointment only. Contact the Institute Bibliographer/Archivist.

Extent

1 collection (162 images (.3 linear ft.))

The photographs in this collection were published from 1970 to 1973. The photographs were taken throughout Ukraine in and near cities such as Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. They include images of major industrial and technical projects, idyllic rural and cultural scenes, and monuments and individuals important to Soviet history. For example, there are photographs showing the metallurgical works in Donetsk, exhibits at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways, employees of the Arsenal plant in Kyiv, and portraits of V.I. Lenin.

Includes images for some issues from 1970 to 1973 only.

Biographical / Historical

Po Radianskii Ukraini was a periodical of photographs documenting Soviet Ukraine. It was published in Kyiv beginning circa 1960 by the Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (Ukrainske tovarystvo druzhby ta kulturnoho zviazku z zarubizhnymy krainamy). This organization served as a major source of propaganda for Soviet policy

Arrangement

Organized chronologically, then by issue number, in ten series:

  1. 1970 No. 1
  2. 1970 No. 2
  3. 1970 No. 3
  4. 1970 No. 4
  5. 1970 No. 7
  6. 1970 No. 8
  7. 1970 No. 9
  8. 1973 No. 1
  9. Unidentified issue number
  10. Unidentified photographs

Acquisition Information

Gift of Iurii Kosach.

Processing Information

Processed by: Ksenya Kiebuzinski

Title
Photographs, 1970-1973: A Finding Aid.
Author
Ukrainian Research Institute
Language of description
und
EAD ID
uri00012

Repository Details

Part of the Ukrainian Research Institute Repository

Special Collections at the Ukrainian Research Institute Library include primary sources documenting the history of Ukraine in the 20th century, and Ukrainian émigré social and cultural life in Europe, and the United States:
http://www.huri.harvard.edu/library/special-collections.html

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