This is my #Ukraine. Tethering a calf in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in May 2011. We will be back.
This is my #Ukraine. Tethering a calf in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in May 2011. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. Abandoned kolchos buildings in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka, May 2011. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. Morning in May 2011 in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka. Overlooking the Kakhovka dam -Dnipro. We will be back.
This my Ukraine. Bringing hay home on the motorbike. May 2011 in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka, We will be back.
This is my Ukraine., Smallholder farming in the shadow of the old kolchos. Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka May 2011. We will be back.
This is my Ukaraine. Decaying kolchos buildings in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka, May 2011. We will be back..
This is my Ukraine. The old Swedish Lutheran church in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka. Now also Orthodox. May 2011. We will be back
This is my Ukraine. In memory of the innocent Swedish villagers who were abducted and disappeared 1937-1938. Zmiivka/ Gammalsvenskby in May 2011. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. The Kakhovka dam seen from Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in May 2011. Now drained after the destruction of the dam. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. Lost civilisation? Roman ruins? Decaying kolchos buildings in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka May 2011. We will be back to explore more of the landscape history of the steppe in Ukraine.
This is my Ukraine. Interviewing villagers in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka on the landscape history. April 2018. We will be back
This is my Ukraine. Field trip with research students from Stockhom arriving at Zmiivka/ Gammalsvenskby in May 2011. Kakhovka dam/Dnipro in the background. We will be back to continue cooperation with Ukrainian researchers. #Ukraine
This is my Ukraine. Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in May 2011. In 2023 all livestock was evacuated from the village because of the constant shelling from the other side of the river. Livestock will be back. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. On the lands of Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in September 2017. Ukraine is normally the worlds top producer of sunflower meal, oil and seed. We will be back.
This is may Ukraine. Smallholding agriculture in the shadow of the abandoned kolchos in Zmiivka. We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. Covering up the potatoes in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka, May 2011. The village is now under bombardment from the Russian-occupied territory on the other side of the Dnipro. Follow the sad news from the village on Facebook: "Svenskbyborna". We will be back.
This is my Ukraine. The old Swedish church in Gammalsvenskby/ Zmiivka in May 2018. Converted to combined Lutheran-Orthodox in the 1990s. Now partially destroyed by Russian bombs from the other side of the river. We will be back.