Vladimirets Web Gallery

Christian exhibits

Ukrainian national dresses

Traditional Ukrainian instruments (from museum in Kiev)

Local artwork & pottery

Collection of banknotes used at various times
(and you wonder why we can't easily find information on Vladimirets!)

First communists from the area

17 September 1939 is when USSR became in charge of the area

Exhibits related to Ukrainian efforts to establish their own state

Map of Vladimirets area showing communist related events before WWII

Map of Vladimirets area showing communist related events before WWII

Polish documents

Typewriters
(governments love their bureaucracy!)

Distinguished people from the times of WWI and Civil War in Russia

Communists from the area

Map of Vladimirets area showing communist centers

Communist slogan plaque

Street in Vladimirets from 1937

Street in Vladimirets from 1937

Polish insurance document

Polish tax document

Polish tax document

Communist from the area

Underground communists from the area

Document signed by Russian Tsar giving privileges to a widow of soldier

Funeral of S.M.Shepel in Vladimirets in 1936

Funeral of S.M.Shepel in Vladimirets in 1936

Funeral of S.M.Shepel in Vladimirets in 1936

Crowd at the funeral of S.M.Shepel in Vladimirets in 1936

S.M. Shepel appears to have been a Captain in the Ukrainian National Republic Army, which fought for Ukrainian independence from the Russian Empire.

Choir from Vladimirets (probably from the Slavic Church)

Outstanding communists

Outstanding communists

Outstanding communists

Exhibits from recent history

Exhibits from recent history

Exhibits from recent history

Exhibits from recent history

Old pottery from ancient settlement site in area.

This "ancient settlement site" is Horodetz, to the south-east of Vladimirets.

Ancient settlement site from the area.

This "ancient settlement site" is Horodetz, to the south-east of Vladimirets.

Group of Israelis at the site of the mass grave near Vladimirets

Group of Israelis at the site of the mass grave near Vladimirets

Osher Shvartsman, the founder of Jewish Soviet poetry. he wrote in Yiddish, both plays and poetry. There is an Osher Shvartsman's Specialised Jewish State Library in the Odessa Jewish State Library.

Book of Osher Shvartsman’s poetry

Newspaper article about Osher Shvartsman

Newspaper article about Osher Shvartsman

Lydia, her granddaughter to the left and granddaughter’s friend to the right.

Lydia has been a great help to us in obtaining both the museum photographs and pre-WWII photographs. Thank you!