Lidia Orel

Author of Painted Wood: Naïve Art of the Ukrainian Village (Rodovid Press, 2003)

Senior researcher at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Merited Cultural Worker of Ukraine

Other publications include:
• with O. Hromova. The Poetry of the Ukrainian Wedding: An Ethnographic Essay. Comp. L. Stohnota. Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine of the National Academy of Science, LLC Ukraïns'kyi suvenir. Kyiv: Ahentsiia standart, 2009.
• with L. Stohnota. Ukrainian Folk Art Between Millennia. Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine of the National Academy of Science, LLC Ukraïns'kyi suvenir. Kyiv: Avtoekspert, 2007.
• Shevchenko’s Land: Historical-Culturological Essays. Kyiv: The Ivan Honchar Museum National Center of Folk Culture, The Ivan Honchar Fund, Vereshchynski, 2005.
• Ukrainian Ritual Cloths: (Historical-Culturological Research). The State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine of the National Academy of Science, The Ivan Honchar National Center of Folk Culture Museum. Lviv: Kalvariia, 2003.
• Ukraine in Rituals Between Millennia. The State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine of the National Academy of Science, The Ivan Honchar National Center of Folk Culture Museum. Kyiv: Vereshchynski, 2001.
• The Ukrainian Family: Domestic and Community Life. A Pedagogical Methodology for Teachers and Lecturers of Folk Studies. Kyiv: Publishing House of Olena Teliha, 2000