UKRAINE. Pohulianka, Volhynia. 2006. A horse pulls a wagon of food home from the family garden during a rainstorm. Volhynia, in the Northwest corner of present day Ukraine, is one of the oldest and most rural Slavic settlements in Europe. Villagers here still live off the land, picking wild mushrooms in the forests, growing vegetables on former collective farms, and raising livestock. While cultural traditions persist, opportunities for employment remain grim, over fifteen years after the fall of the Soviet Union.