Kyj, Slchek, Khoryv & Lybid. 1982 Monument to the legendary founders of Kyiv.
Statue of St. Cyril, developer of the Cyrillic alphabet. New. The original bronze statue was destroyed in WWII
The Golden Gate. Built 1019-54 by Yaroslav the Wise. Restored in 1983
Opera house in Kiev
Colorful man playing his Dombra
Monument to victims of Babi Yar
Yiddish plaque recently installed at Babi Yar. Says "Here the German Facists occupiers in 1941-43 shot over 100,000 residents of Kiev and war prisoners"
Research room in Russian State Archives in Kiev
Remains of Old Jewish Cemetery in Kiev. Originally thousands of graves, now only about 10. Cemetery is used for a TV tower.
Monument erected in memory of 7-12 million victims who died during Stalin's 1932-33 famine. Dedicated in 1992.
335 ft statue built of Titanium during the Brezhnev era. Sword was shortened after independence in 1991
Hesed Avot welfare center for senior Jewish Ukrainians
Podil Synagogue of Kiev
Interior of Podil Synagogue
Worker at the Podil Synagogue, a holocaust survivor
Jewish Cemetery of Berdichev
Mausoleum of Rabbi Levi Yizak located in the Jewish Cemetery in Berdichev
Sign of Collective farm at the entrance to the town of Mikulin
Street in shtetl of Mikulin. There are no paved streets in Mikulin.
Woman washing clothes in the Hamora river.
Old transportation with new-tour tour van.
Dam on Hamora river in Mikulin. Believed to have been the site of our grandfather's flour mill.
Ladies at the cemetery in Mikulin. One by one they came to visit the foreigners.
90yr old woman whom we questioned about the WWII years. She didn't live in the area at that time.