Ukraine Collection (#25)

European bee eater (Merops apiaster) in flight with Dragonfly prey, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Common roller (Coracias garrulus) perched in a bush, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Group of Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) resting at the edge of a a salt lake, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in a dried out stream, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wasps on nest, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) by a small pool in a dried out stream, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Little souslik (Spermophilus pygmaeus) standing alert, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Little souslik (Spermophilus pygmaeus) sitting, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Four European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) perched on branch with food in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Little souslik (Spermophilus pygmaeus) feeding, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Little owl (Athene noctua) standing on rock, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Female Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe fields, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Steppe fields on fire, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

European glass lizard (Ophisaurus apodus) portrait, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009. WWE BOOK

Lesser mouse eared bats (Myotis blythii) roosting in cave, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Steppe landscape, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Two Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) perching on vegetation, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Two Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria) feeding on vegetation, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) perched on branch with prey in beak, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Flock of Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) in flight at sunrise, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustico) perching on reed, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) on ground, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Young Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) walking along branch, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Balaklava Looking Towards the Sea, 1855. Artist: W Walton
Balaklava Looking Towards the Sea, 1855. View of Balaclava Harbour looking towards the Black Sea at the time of the Crimean War

The North Side of the Harbour at Sebastopol, 22 June 1855. Artist: Jonathan Needham
The North Side of the Harbour at Sebastopol, 22 June 1855 ; showing three soldiers with firearms in a defensive position above the harbour

Cape Aiya, Looking North Towards Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine, 1855; showing a ship, probably from the allied fleet, just of the Black Sea coast in the Crimea

The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese, Looking South, Crimea, Ukraine, 1855. Artist
The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese, Looking South, Crimea, Ukraine, 1855. Ships off the Crimean coast

Disembarkation of the Expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou, 1855. Artist: E Walker
Disembarkation of the Expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou, 1855; with the blowing up of St Pauls Battery. Shows the allied troops arriving just south of Kertch Bay in the Crimea

Excavated Church in the Caverns at Inkermann Looking West, Crimea, Ukraine, 1855. Two soldiers taking up position overlooking the Valley of Inkerman in the Crimea

Cossacks, 1887. Private Collection

Corrupt Petliura has sold Ukraine to the Polish pans!, 1920. Private Collection

Bender, the Turkish fortress in Bessarabia, ca 1720. Private Collection

Meeting of Svyatoslav I with Emperor John Tzimiskes, 1903. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

A Message To Ukrainian Peasant, 1919. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Council of Peoples Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR in Kiev, End 1930s. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Saint Grand Duke Vladimir, 1925. Private Collection

Petro Doroshenko (1627-1698), Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine, 17th century. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Ratification of the Truce of Andrusovo, 1667. Found in the Collection of Russian State Archives of Ancient Documents (RGADA)

The Saint Apostle Andrew and Saint Grand Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky, 1650-1660. Found in the Collection of Museum of History and Art, Suzdal

Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin (1788-1863). Private Collection

Gornitsa (living chamber) in an Old Russian House of the 16th-17th century. Private Collection

The Virgin of Vladimir. Found in the Collection of State Museum of Architecture, History and Art, Vladimir

Build the boats. Found in the Collection of State Oriental Art Museum, Moscow

Idols. Found in the Collection of State Oriental Art Museum, Moscow

Illustration for Story Taras Bulba by N. Gogol. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Town, Morning, 1901
A Town. Morning, 1901. Found in the collection of State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov

Kuchuk-Koy Estate, 1912. Found in the collection of State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov

Meeting of the Kyivan Princes, 1907. Artist: Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)
Meeting of the Kyivan Princes, 1907. Private Collection

View Near Yalta, 1886. Artist: Levitan, Isaak Ilyich (1860-1900)
View Near Yalta, 1886. Private Collection

The Village Fair, 1882. Artist: Makovsky, Vladimir Yegorovich (1846-1920)
The Village Fair, 1882. Private Collection

Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra. Artist: Shevchenko, Taras Grigoryevich (1814-1861)
Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra. Found in the collection of National T. Shevchenko Memorial Museum, Kiev

Vladimir Vsevolodovich crowned by Bishop Neophytos with Monomakhs Cap. (From the Illuminated Compiled Chronicle), Second half of the16th century

Copy of the manuscript of Russkaya Pravda. Artist: Historical Document
Copy of the manuscript of Russkaya Pravda. Found in the collection of Russian State Archives of Ancient Documents (RGADA)

Boyar Vasili Buturlins speech at the Rada of Pereyaslav, 1880. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Rest of Grand Prince Vladimir II Monomakh on the Hunt. (The Imperial Hunt in Russia by N. Kutepov), Between 1899 and 1908. Private Collection

Illustration for Canto of Oleg the Wise, 1899. Private Collection

Cross, 12th-13th century. Artist: Ancient Russian Art
Cross, 12th-13th century. Found in the collection of Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis

Gold pendant (Kolt), 12th-13th century. Artist: Ancient Russian Art
Gold pendant (Kolt), 12th-13th century. Found in the collection of Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis

Poliudie (Collecting tribute). Igor of Kiev Exacting Tribute from the Drevlyans, 1903. Private Collection

Grand Duke Oleg with the Prince Igor. 882 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Testament of Grand prince Yaroslav the Wise. 1054 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Coronation of Vladimir Monomakh, 1116 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Gold pendant (Kolt), 11th-12th century. Artist: Ancient Russian Art
Gold pendant (Kolt), 11th-12th century. Found in the collection of Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis

Prince Ruriks sacrifice. 862 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Vladimir and Rogneda (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Prince Oleg before the Gates of Constantinople. 906 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Mstislav I appointed Rogvolod to Prince of Polotsk. 1128 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Yaropolk Izyaslavich before Vsevolod I, 1086 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Death of Gostomysl, 860 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Trizna of Princess Olga 945 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Sviatopolk the Accursed. 1019 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Grand Prince Yaroslav I as the Legislator (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Hypocritical piety of Grand Prince Sviatopolk II (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Death of Grand Duke Oleg. 912 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Baptism of Grand Princess Olga of Kiev. 955 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The heroic deed of a young Man in Kiev in 968 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Meeting between Iziaslav I and Vsevolod I. 1073 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The oppression of the Novgorodians by Vladimir Monomakh. 1116 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Continence of Andrei Bogolyubsky (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Grand Prince Iziaslav Yaroslavich of Kiev (from the Historical Medal Series), 1770s. Private Collection

Coin (Srebrennik) of Grand Duke Vladimir Svyatoslavich (Reverse: Symbol of Rurikids), 980-1015. Private Collection

The Testament of Vladimir Monomakh to Children, 1125 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Flight of Mstislav Mstislavich after the Battle of the Kalka, 1223 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

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