Posted on October 5, 2020
This passport is quite unlike any passport we're used to seeing today. It's not in the usual form of a booklet. And it wasn't even issued by the person's country of citizenship. Learn about how a Ukrainian from the Kuban' region north of the Caucasus Mountains ended up in Constantinople before moving to Prague, Czechoslovakia after World War I.
Learn more about Oleksii's later life:
Creation of this content was made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.