These images are part of a series of 100 portraits by photographer Gleb Kosorukov of Ukrainian miners as they finish work.

Photography was not officially considered art in the former Soviet Union, but as a documentary tool for propaganda.

Zorya Fine Art is the only art gallery in the US that brings Ukrainian art to a wider audience. Oksana Mas is the latest artist to exhibit there.

Victor Pinchuk, the Ukrainian businessman who minted a fortune in steel, plans to open a new exhibition center in Kiev in coming years.