UKRAINE. Volhyn. 2006. Lunchtime in rural Volhynia in the northwest corner of Ukraine. Volhynia is one of the oldest and most rural Slavic settlements in Europe. The region's thick forests, flooding marshes and feeble roads make the terrain remote and difficult to access. Villagers rely on the land for survival, picking wild mushrooms and berries in the forests, growing vegetables on former collective farms and raising livestock, but the lure of city jobs attracts much of the area's youth, causing villages to be depleted.