• Vasyl Lezhepokov 2

Vasyl Lezhepokov

Images

ID:
48077
Place
Kramatorsk
Date:
1955-1957
Technique:
Photograph (printed on paper)
Creator
Unknown
Collection
Kateryna Filonova
Copyright
Kateryna Filonova
Description

Vasyl Lezhepokov poses.

"Vasyl was a professional military man, served as a member of the Soviet contingent in Germany, in 1968 he participated in the suppression of the Prague Spring. After that, as the family says, he "povredylsia holovoi" (meaning "injured his head" eng). He was twice hospitalized and transfered to the reserve. Afterwards, he tried to take up photography seriously, taking pictures of people in parks. He drank heavily. He died at the age of 51 in 1973 or 1975."

The motorcycle of Kremenchutskyi Kostiantyn Mykhailovych (1919-1984). The photos were taken mainly in the courtyard (15 3rd International St) by his nephew Vasyl Lezhepokov. Most of the family photographs of the second half of the 50s and all 60s were made exactly by him.

Kateryna Filonova's description

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