Solomiya Krushelnytska's personal belongings

This video focuses on personal items from Solomiya Krushelnytska’s collection, which are housed at the Ternopil Regional Museum of Local History.

In the video: a silver-wire ornament shaped like roses with petals; two pens; sheet music; books from her library; records of her songs; photographs of singers and the cities where the singer performed; a concert poster; a coffee table made of various types of wood; a statue of the singer.

Oleg Gavryliuk, head of the Department of Ancient History at the Ternopil Regional Museum of Local History, as well as a historian, archaeologist, and educator, discusses the history of how these objects came to be and their distinctive features.

Reference: Solomiya Krushelnytska is a Ukrainian opera singer, teacher, one of the leading representatives of the European vocal scene of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. She performed on the leading opera stages of Europe and America, in particular, she performed the part of Cio-Cio-san in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly", in the post-war period she taught at the Lviv State Conservatory.