Old woman in market selling produce that she has grown herself in Kiev, the capital of the Soviet Ukraine.

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Elderly woman alone in a nearly deserted market in central Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1991) in 1991. The Ukraine would become independent four months later and the Soviet Union would cease to exist eight months later in 1991. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Size: 5400px × 3679px
Location: Street Market, Central Kiev, Soviet Ukraine.
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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