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31 October 2026

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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Zaporizhzhia embroidery is best known for the men's chumak shirt, embroidered only in a narrow band on the collar. The patterns are large and simple, made to be read from a distance: a circle with a rosette, a rhombus with a dot and guelder rose, …

Motifs

Circle with a rosette

A sun symbol, a circle with a rosette inside, typical of Zaporizhzhia embroidery.

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