The collection of a Sevastopol resident who was relocated due to the annexation of Crimea contains 105 photographs: 89 photos and 16 slides from family and found archives. The vast majority of pictures in the private archive are related to Oksana Avramenko's maternal relatives and cover the period from 1959 to 1990. Oksana's father found sixty-six photographs from family archives by unknown authors.
The collection captures moments from the private and professional lives of the Shalte family and related individuals in the context of late Soviet everyday life. Some of the photographs are family portraits taken during holidays, trips and walks, in particular against the backdrop of architectural monuments in Sevastopol and the southern coast of Crimea, sometimes in the genre of souvenir photos taken by professional photographers. The other part of the photos concerns the activities of preschool institutions, where Oksana's grandmother, Zinaida Shalte, worked as a teacher and later as a headmistress. The images show children's parties in the kindergarten and the pupils' stay at the beach.
The slides in the collection were taken by Oksana's father on ORWO slide film with a Zenit-ET camera between 1990 and 1995. They include photographs of weddings and holidays, interior shots of Oksana's parents' apartment in Murmansk, and her childhood in Sevastopol.
The materials from private archives of unknown individuals consist mainly of group and individual portraits taken between 1955 and 1989. A significant number of photos depict family and youth leisure activities, weddings and banquets, and seaside holidays. There is a distinct presence of naval themes, in particular portraits of sailors and cadets. A separate thematic block consists of photographs from the Artek children's camp that highlight camp gatherings, sporting events, and excursions.
The names of Oksana Avramenko's parents have been anonymised in the archive descriptions for the safety of individuals residing in temporarily occupied territories.
