Costume of Volnovakha Волноваха district, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

 

Hello all, 

Today I will not be doing an in depth analysis, but simply presenting multiple images of Ukrainian Costume from Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, one of the regions in which the fighting is heaviest. 

This set of attire is distinguished by polychrome embroidery on the apron, and the whole is very harmonious. This is from Volnovakha district. A few overview photos. We can see an embroidered kerchief, a short kersetka with a flare towards the bottom and applique on the front, coral necklaces, dark red skirt and a sash with woven in stripes and embroidery on the ends.

There is a row of red and black embroidery on the edge of the shoulder inset, bounded by a row of merezhka [hemstitching]. A second row of a different design lies on the upper sleeve,  interrupted in the center by gathers in the sleeve top. These are well known designs, and can be found in multiple books. The kerchief has simple polychrome embroidery in satin stitch.

The apron is of linen and is quite wide and full. It has multiple rows of polychrome floral embroidery worked horizontally, with tucks between the rows. The result is quite pleasant. 

Here are some more images of attire from Donetsk Oblast. 

And close with some closeups of Donetsk Embroidery. 

Thank you for reading. I hope that you have found this to be interesting and informative. I hope that this information will help to keep the culture of the Ukrainians in Donetsk alive and the situation there on peoples minds. Perhaps you will want to recreate some of this embroidery to use in your own life. 

Roman K

email: rkozakand@aol.com