I found the sign in an abandoned factory. It reminded me of graphic art produced here in the 30's and durng the war. Look at how the man's silhouette forms a sickle. It says, "Comrade, prevent fires."

Standing next to Valia, Michael and the mayor of Vladimir Volinski, we are at a memorial where the SS rounded-up and massacred Jews from the city.

A typical Orthodox church, when I was there, there was a revival in the church. Like the Poles the Ukraines had secretly remain loyal and were spending what little capital they had fixing religious infrastructure.

Lacking in motels and hotels, by providing a tithe, travelers could stay in monasteries and convents. Here a nun standing in front of icons from a convent I stayed in while traveling.

Ukraine means literally on the side. In this case it means on the side of Russia. It also means landscape, and here is an example of how beautiful the country is.

A man tends to a small plot on his land. Most people have private property to provide them with vegetables, and a couple of pigs for meat. They are still very self-sufficient people.

On a collective farm, workmen collect silage for the winter.

A way of life that can't sustain itself much longer, there are 10 people doing the job that a mechanize farmer can do alone.

A farmer on the collective stands in front of the combine he operates.