Podillia is a large ethnographic region located in central right bank Ukraine. The eastern areas were first settled during the time of the Trypillian culture.  More recently, large parts of  Podillia formed the easternmost reaches of Austrian and Polish “Galicia.”  Today it is laregely divided among three oblasts:  Ternopil, Khmelnytsyi, and Vinnytsia. The area is largely agricultural, with rich chornozem.

Podillia

            About Podillia

            Ethnography

            Geography

Pysanky of Podillia

            Pysanky

            Symbols           

            Pattern Sheet 1 (Drake)

            Pattern Sheet 2 (Star)

            Pattern Sheet 3 (Plums)

            Kulzhynskyi

                    Kulzhynskyi Color Plates 1

                    Kulzhynskyi Color Plates 2

                    Kulzhynskyi BW Plates

            Binyashevsky Gallery

                    Book:  Western Podillia

                    Book:  Eastern Podillia

                    Folio:  Western Podillia

                    Folio:  Eastern Podillia

                    “World”

                    Lost Pysanky

           Photo Gallery

                    Maryna Verkhova

                    Zalishchyky

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