2003, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film of the series "Chronicle of the 20th Century" dedicated to the Ukrainian poet Volodymyr Sosyura.

On the video: screensavers; Volodymyr Sosyura in the frames of the newsreel, frames of the newsreel during the revolution; archival recordings from 1983 with memories of the poet: poet Dmytro Pavlychko, poet Mykhailo Vingranovsky, poet Borys Oliynyk, poet Vasyl Shvets, poet Ivan Drach; the poet's poems are heard, a fragment of the TV series "My Days Are Like Crosses"; Ukrainian actor Oleksandr Kochnev reads an excerpt from the poem "The Shot Renaissance"; the poet's wife Maria Sosyura (Danilova). Commentary by Serhiy Galchenko, head of the department of manuscript funds of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the NAS of Ukraine.

Memories of Volodymyr Sosiura

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1974.

Telefilm "50 Years in Poetry" with a recitation of poems by the State Prize laureate Mykola Bazhan. In the video, Mykola Bazhan talks about his creative achievements over 50 years of work, recites his own poetry.

Contains elements of Soviet propaganda.

Reference: Mykola Bazhan is a Ukrainian poet and translator, one of the most prominent modernists of the interwar period, whose early work combined futurism, expressionism and baroque imagery, and his later work — the official Soviet canon with large-scale historical and philosophical themes. The author of key poems and collections of the 20th century, a prominent master of literary translation (in particular, Shota Rustaveli, Rainer Maria Rilke), co-creator of the Ukrainian translation school. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, long-time editor-in-chief of the "Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia", laureate of the Shevchenko and Lenin Prizes, nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Mykola Bazhan's recitation, 1974

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm".

The television film "Credo" is dedicated to the author's evening of the poet Ivan Drach. The recording date is February 16, 1990.

In the video, Ivan Drach talks about his life and recites his own poetry. The film includes a performance by a male choir from the village of Beleluya (Ivano-Frankivsk region), performing the songs "Oh, in the meadow there is a red viburnum" and "Many summers".

Comments from the guests of the evening: Yuriy Tkachuk, representative of the Ukrainian diaspora in Australia (Melbourne); singer Nina Matvienko; poet Dmytro Pavlychko.

Reference: Ivan Drach is a Ukrainian poet from the sixties, playwright and screenwriter, one of the leading figures of the cultural and political revival of the second half of the twentieth century. As the first chairman of the People's Movement of Ukraine (1989–1992), he played a key role in the transformation of cultural opposition into a mass national-democratic movement at the end of the Soviet era. Drach's creative output, in particular the collections "Sunflower", "Chernobyl Madonna" and the poem "Knife in the Sun", combines modern poetic forms with acute social reflection and became a landmark phenomenon of Ukrainian literature of the 20th century.

Ivan Drach's Author's Evening

Khmelnytskyi Television. The January 17, 2003 issue of the "Pages of Poetry" program is dedicated to the poetess, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine Nina Shmurikova.

The video features an interview with the poetess, a story about the anniversary celebration, and a recitation of her own poetry.

Host: Yevheniya Bohdan.

Reference: Nina Shmurikova-Gavrylyuk is a Ukrainian poetess, a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine since 2000. The author of poetry collections, poems, and dramatic works, as well as a significant body of literature for children, in which she combines folklore motifs, historical themes, and ethical education. Active figure in the cultural and educational movement, long-time head of the Khmelnytskyi regional organization of the "Prosvita" society, laureate of numerous literary and public awards.

"Pages of Poetry": Nina Shmurikova

Khmelnytskyi TV "Podillia-Center", 2004. The episode of the "Art Center" program is dedicated to Pavlo Hirnyk's poetry evening.

On the video: an interview with Serhiy Bryzhan, talking about Hirnyk's poetry; fragments of the poetry evening, Pavlo Hirnyk reciting his own poems; the song "The Rains Are Coming" to Hirnyk's poems performed by bayanist Oleksandr Dudar; performance by poetess Olga Tkach and singer Lyubov Horal.

Comments: chief director of the Khmelnytskyi Puppet Theater Serhiy Bryzhan; chief artist of the Khmelnytskyi Puppet Theater Mykhailo Nikolayev.

Journalist — Yevheniya Bohdan.

Reference: Pavlo Hirnyk is a Ukrainian poet, a representative of modern Ukrainian lyrics, a laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. He received a philological education at the Kamianets-Podilskyi and Kyiv Pedagogical Institutes, and also graduated from the Higher Literary Courses. He worked as a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature and a theater worker, and was a member of the Writers' Union of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Writers.

Pavlo Hirnyk's Poetry Evening

Kyiv, year unknown. On the audio recording, Mykola Koziy reads Taras Shevchenko's poem “In Our Paradise on Earth.”

Reference: Mykola Koziy is a Ukrainian dubbing actor, announcer, television and radio presenter, and journalist. He is considered one of the best Ukrainian radio announcers.

He has participated in the dubbing of a number of popular television series and programs. Since the mid-1990s, he has been one of the hosts of the NRKU morning news program. Mykola Koziy participated in the dubbing and voice acting of such films as “The King Speaks,” “Noah's Ark,” the TV series ‘Alf’ and “Columbo,” and the animated series “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” and “Transformers.” He voiced a large number of audiobooks. In 2019, he voiced the Tomos granting autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Mykola Koziy died on September 7, 2020, at the age of 80 after a serious illness.

Ukrainian Radio, in collaboration with Suspilne Media Library, is releasing unique archival recordings collected over 100 years in the project Treasures of the Ukrainian Radio Sound Archive. In it, you will hear the voices of prominent writers, singers, legendary announcers, and music from Ukrainian Radio's artistic ensembles. You can listen to the recordings on the Suspilne Media Library website and on the project's YouTube page.

“In Our Paradise on Earth”: a poem by Taras Shevchenko

1993, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘I (Romanticism)’ is dedicated to the eponymous work by writer Mykola Khvylovy.

In the video: opening credits, People's Artist of Ukraine Valery Ivchenko reads the novella ‘I (Romanticism)’ accompanied by video footage. The programme uses excerpts from the feature film ‘I Am Who I Am’ by director Olga Volodina.

‘I (Romanticism)’ by Mykola Khvylovy

Andriy Yevenko reads Pavlo Tychyna's poem “The Blue Sky Enveloped My Soul” on audio. Recorded in 1982. 

Ukrainian Radio, in collaboration with Suspilne Media Library, is releasing unique archival recordings collected over 100 years in the project “Treasures of the Ukrainian Radio Music Library.” Within its framework, you will hear the voices of outstanding writers, singers, legendary announcers, and music by Ukrainian Radio's artistic ensembles. You can listen to the recordings on the Suspilne Media Library website and on the project's YouTube page.

Pavlo Tychyna “The blue sky enveloped my soul”

2001, National Television Company of Ukraine. Broadcast dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine.

The video features: opening credits, stand-up by author Teodozia Zarivna, a meeting of Shevchenko Prize winners from different years at the National Philharmonic, black-and-white footage of the first award ceremony in 1962, video footage of the award winners, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma awarding the Shevchenko Prize winners in the White Hall of the Mariinsky Palace, an excerpt from the feature film ‘Babylon XX’, footage of committee meetings, an exhibition of the laureates' works, the reference book ‘Shevchenko Laureates 1962-2001’, and celebrations of Shevchenko Days at the Taras Shevchenko monument in Kaniv. The history of the award is recounted by the chairman of the Shevchenko Committee, Ivan Dziuba (1999-2005).

Comments: committee member, writer Volodymyr Yavorivsky; editor of the book ‘Shevchenko Laureates 1962-2001’ Mykola Labinsky.

Author: Teodozia Zarivna.

The Taras Shevchenko National Prize celebrates its 40th anniversary

In the audio recording, Andriy Yevenko reads Pavlo Tychyna's poem “When I Look Into Your Eyes.”

Ukrainian Radio, in collaboration with Suspilne Media Library, is releasing unique archival recordings collected over 100 years in the project “Treasures of the Ukrainian Radio Sound Archive.” Within its framework, you will hear the voices of outstanding writers, singers, legendary announcers, and music by Ukrainian Radio's artistic ensembles. You can listen to the recordings on the Suspilne Media Library website and on the project's YouTube page.

“When I Look Into Your Eyes”: a poem by Pavlo Tychyna 

Ternopil Television. The program "She Loved the Apple Blossom" from June 6, 2001 is dedicated to the 115th anniversary of the birth of children's writer Ivanna Blazhkevych.

On the video: the village of Denysiv, Ivanna Blazhkevych's house-museum, the exterior of the hut; rooms, clothes, photographs of the writer; Daria Piatkivska demonstrates her mother's collection of embroidered shirts, talks about the embroidery style; bust of Ivanna Blazhkevych.

Host — Raisa Zayats.

Comments: Ivanna Blazhkevych's daughter Daria Piatkivska; Ivanna Blazhkevych's son-in-law Yakiv Piatkivsky.

Reference: Ivanna Blazhkevych is a Ukrainian children's writer, a figure in the Ukrainian cultural and educational movement of the first half of the 20th century. Blazhkevych's works and journalism constitute an important body of sources for the study of social processes in Galicia during the interwar period.

Writer Ivanna Blazhkevych

Cherkasy TV "Ros". The program "Temple of the Soul" from November 26, 2000 is dedicated to the writer Mykola Nehoda.

On the video: photos from the personal archive of the Nehoda family, an interview, tells about the Holodomor experienced; landscapes of Cherkasy; the writer's books, various publications, tells about his creative path; performance of the song "Steppe, Steppe"; awards of Mykola Nehoda.

Commented by the writer Mykola Nehoda.

Reference: Mykola Nehoda is a Ukrainian poet and prose writer, author of novels, short stories and significant poetic works, whose work covers military, historical and lyric-epic themes. His most famous work was the text of the requiem song "Steppe, Steppe", which gained all-Ukrainian recognition. Winner of numerous literary awards, Honored Artist of Ukraine and Honorary Citizen of Cherkasy.

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