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Volodumur Kulikov

The collection includes 19 printed photographs taken by “Bildreporter. Gerhard Hoffman”, and 6 printed photographs by an unknown author.

Theme-wise, the photographs are devoted to the industry — they depict industrial landscapes, workers, a delegation on a tour at the plant, groups of people near stands, or near the equipment.

One of the characters in the photos is the grandfather of Volodymyr Kulikov, Ivan Bilenko, who worked as a stepping excavator operator in the city of Oleksandria, Kirovohrad region. In 1957, he was elected as a representative from the region for a trip to the German Democratic Republic for experience exchange.