"It’s a wedding photo of Olena Luhova and Yurii Lozhkin. Olena's dress was sewn in a studio in Pechersk, and Yuri's vyshyvanka and jacket were bought in stores. Lozhkin Yuri Vasylovych, a military man, loved to wear this shirt when he was not at work. This vyshyvanka was bought to him by his wife. Olena Luhova researched the history of Ukraine of late 19th and early 20th centuries at the Academy of Sciences. Years later in 1967, she published an article "On the Economic Situation of Ukraine in the Period of Capitalism." For the first time in Soviet historical science, Olena Luhova illuminated the colonial position of Ukraine being part of the Russian Empire. Although the article was published, in the following years Olena Illivna was under pressure from the authorities for her "inclination to nationalism."

Comment by Nadiia Lozhkina.

This photo is contributed by Nadiia Lozhkina.