Ukrainian landscapes just a bit back painted by Swiss artist Johann Heinrich Müntz. Living from 1727 to 1798, he was an architect too. When these artworks were created, Ukraine was part of Russia.

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Die Inseln von Kortun in der Ukraine. 1782. Swiss. Drawing, watercolor with pen and gray ink over pencil traces; black-gray border line. Inscribed, signed and dated Ukraine: View between the Kortun Islands with the face turned towards the north-east. August 23, 1782 J: H: Muntz on the verso. Johann Heinrich Müntz, artist (1727-1798). Collections of The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria. In the public domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/15508/6053
Stromschnellen im Dniepr bei Alt Kudak im Gebiet der Saporoger Kosaken. 1781. Swiss. Watercolor with pen and brush in black-gray over pencil; black-gray framing line. Inscribed, signed and dated Sketched on the afternoon of August 31, 1781, aiming south, J: H: Müntz on the verso. Johann Heinrich Müntz, artist (1727-1798). Collections of The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria. In the public domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/15508/6054
Stadt und Hafen von Kremenczúk, Ukraine. 1781. Swiss. Watercolor with pen and ink in blacky-gray over pencil traces; black-gray framing line. Inscribed, signed and dated Sketched Wednesday, August 29, 1781 afternoon, aiming east J: H: Müntz. Johann Heinrich Müntz, artist (1727-1798). Collections of The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria. In the public domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/15508/6052
Landstrich zwischen Kawran und Demki in der Russischen Ukraine. 1783. Swiss. Watercolor with pen and ink in black-gray over pencil; black-gray framing line. Inscribed, signed and dated Sketched on Tuesday, September 9, 1783, afternoon, aiming southwest, behind, on the country that we had just passed J: H: Müntz. on the verso. Johann Heinrich Müntz, artist (1727-1798). Collections of The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria. In the public domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/15508/6081

Ukraine became part of Russia as a result of the Great Northern War of 1708 and then by various European/Great Power treaties. Before that it was ruled by the Cossacks and various regional powers going back to the 14th century.

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