Female Ukrainian Soldiers and Volunteers Model Vyshyvankas

Soldiers call actress Alla Martyniuk by the callsign “Bridget”. She has been volunteering on the front line in eastern Ukraine since 2014 and visited all the flashpoints.

The “Ukrainian Amazons” are 4 women – soldiers and volunteers – with unique stories and personalities, say the organizers.

Each of the women received a vyshyvanka – an embroidered national costume – from a certain region of the country: West, East, Central, and Southern Ukraine. All of the outfits are authentic and were worn by Ukrainian women in the last century.

An embroidered shirt is a symbol and a signature of Ukraine, says Lesia Voronyuk, the founder of the International Vyshyvanka Day.

The final result of the project will be 5-meter portraits of the “Ukrainian Amazons” created by an Australian street artist Guido van Helten. First, his works will be presented in the “Mystetskyi Arsenal” gallery in Kyiv, then – in the House of Ukraine in the United States.