Cherkasy Television. The program "Faces of the 'Golden Book'" from December 20, 2000 is dedicated to an interview with People's Artist of Ukraine Olga Pavlovska.

On the video: photo archive of the Pavlovska family, landscapes of the Cherkasy region, fragments of video recordings of Olga Pavlovska's performances, she performs the song "Steppom, steppom"; studio, interview with Olga Pavlovska, she talks about her voice, creative path, participation in the "Rosava" ensemble; Pavlovska's colleagues talk about the singer.

Comments: People's Artist of Ukraine Olga Pavlovska; actresses of the Cherkasy Regional Philharmonic Tetyana Bryk, Lyubov Ponomarenko, Larisa Petryna; head of the "Rosava" ensemble of the regional philharmonic, Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykola Petryna.

Host — Kateryna Taran.

Reference: Olga Pavlovska is a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR. Soloist of the Cherkasy State Honored Ukrainian Folk Choir, known for performing works by Anatoly Pashkevych and Ivan Slyota, which are included in the golden fund of Ukrainian song. Awarded the Order of Merit of the 3rd degree.

Olga Pavlovska — the voice of the Cherkasy Philharmonic

Lviv Television. The episode of the program “Unforgettable” from October 10, 1987 is dedicated to the artist Olena Kulchytska. 

On the video: Olena Kulchytska museum, paintings, exterior of the house, memorial tablet, exhibits; easel, photographs, brushes, books, albums, woodcuts, carpets, enamel works; museum director Sofia Tytar conducts a tour for visitors and talks about the artist; loom, living rooms, books illustrated by Olena Kulchytska; close-ups of paintings. 

Comments: People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Emanuil Mysko; Director of the Olena Kulchytska Museum Sofia Tytar; art historian Khrystyna Sanotska. 

Reference: Olena Kulchytska is a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist and teacher, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Author of over four thousand works in painting, graphics, carpet weaving and book illustration, which formed the national school of Ukrainian art of the 20th century. She taught at the Ivan Fedorov Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute (now the Ukrainian Academy of Printing), and headed the folk art department of the Lviv Ethnographic Museum. 

Artist Olena Kulchytska 

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2008.

The film "The Last Hetman. Fulfillment of a Dream" is dedicated to the biography of the Hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadsky.

On the video: black-and-white chronicles of the early 20th century, revolutionary events; a portrait of Pavlo Skoropadsky, a photo of the town of Wiesbaden, where he was born, photos with his family; the family estate in Trostyantsy, Pryluky district, Poltava region; Pavlo Skoropadsky's wife, various photos of the Hetman; a meeting in Berlin between Pavlo Skoropadsky and Kaiser Wilhelm II; the honorary Order of the Red Eagle is demonstrated.

The film uses materials from the Central State Film, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine named after G. S. Pshenichny.

Reference: Pavlo Skoropadsky — Ukrainian statesman and military figure, lieutenant general of the Russian Imperial Army; Hetman of the Ukrainian State from April 29 to December 14, 1918. As head of state, he carried out institutional reforms (founding the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, universities, and a network of gymnasiums), relied on an administrative-authoritarian model, and in foreign policy interacted with the states of the Quadruple Alliance. The collapse of the regime was caused by the defeat of Germany and Austria-Hungary, the unresolved agrarian issue, and broad opposition, which led to his abdication on December 14, 1918. In exile, he led the hetman movement and supported the scientific and cultural initiatives of the Ukrainian diaspora.

Pavlo Skoropadsky — Hetman of the Ukrainian State

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2017.

The documentary film "Oles Shevchenko. As in Confession" from the series "Dissidents" is dedicated to the life path of dissident Oles Shevchenko and his contribution to the struggle for the independence of Ukraine.

On the video: Soviet chronicles with Joseph Stalin; photos from the personal archive of the Shevchenko family; interview with dissident Oles Shevchenko.

Comments: Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, researcher of the Ukrainian liberation movement Vasyl Derevinsky; participant of the Ukrainian national liberation movement, historian Oleksandr Tkachuk; human rights activist, political prisoner 1980–1987, head of the Kyiv organization of the Ukrainian Civil Society in 1988–1990 Oles Shevchenko.

Reference: Oles Shevchenko is a Ukrainian dissident and political figure, a participant in the national liberation movement, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. In 1980, he was sentenced to 5 years in camps and 3 years in exile for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda", released in 1987. After his release, he headed the Kyiv organization of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, became one of the public leaders of democratic rallies and actions of the late 1980s. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 1st convocation, member of the "People's Rada" faction, co-author of the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Ukraine, was a member of the leadership of the URP, NRU and UNP, headed veterans' and human rights associations.

Dissident Oles Shevchenko

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2017.

The documentary film "Mykola Rudenko. The Formula of Life Found" from the series "Dissidents" is dedicated to the life path of dissident Mykola Rudenko and his struggle for an independent Ukraine.

In the video: Soviet black-and-white chronicle; Mykola Rudenko's wife talks about life in the Soviet Union, shows archival photos of the family; archival interviews with Mykola Rudenko; various editions of his works.

Comments: human rights activist, political prisoner from 1981 to 1987 Raisa Rudenko; Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, researcher of the Ukrainian liberation movement Vasyl Derevinsky; founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, human rights activist, political prisoner from 1977 to 1987 Mykola Rudenko; human rights activist, political prisoner 1980–1987, head of the Kyiv organization of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in 1988–1990 Oles Shevchenko.

Reference: Mykola Rudenko is a Ukrainian writer and philosopher, Hero of Ukraine, co-founder and first head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, one of the leading figures of the human rights movement in the Ukrainian SSR. In 1977, he was sentenced to 7 years in camps and 5 years in exile for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda", his works were confiscated from libraries. Since 1987, he has been released and rehabilitated, and has worked in exile.

Mykola Rudenko — Founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 1998.

The program "Ukrainian. "Strange" Lessons of Drahomanov" is dedicated to the Ukrainian publicist and historian Mykhailo Drahomanov.

In the video: an interview with the writer Raisa Ivanchenko, who talks about the biography and creative path of Mykhailo Drahomanov, reads excerpts from her novel-chronicle "The Oath".

Materials from the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture and the Museum of Hetmanship, as well as video fragments from documentaries were used.

The host is a film playwright, director Borys Boyko.

Reference: Mykhailo Drahomanov is a Ukrainian publicist, historian, philosopher and public figure, one of the founders of Ukrainian socialism and an ideologist of federalism. He taught at Kyiv University, after political pressure he headed the émigré center in Geneva (collection "Hromada"). 

Mykhailo Drahomanov — Ideologist of Ukrainian Federalism

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 1999.

The program "Maksym Rylsky. Works and Days" is dedicated to the biography and work of the Ukrainian poet and literary critic Maksym Rylsky.

On the video: the Kyiv Literary and Memorial Museum of Maksym Rylsky, the museum's exposition, photographs of the Rylsky family, personal belongings and publications of the poet; archival footage with Maksym Rylsky - the poet at his desk, in nature with friends, watering flowers in the garden.

Candidate of Philological Sciences Serhiy Galchenko and Honored Artist Mykola Merzlykin talk about Maksym Rylsky.

Reference: Maksym Rylsky is a Ukrainian poet, translator and literary critic, a representative of the "neoclassics". Author of numerous poetry collections ("The Sign of Libra", "Roses and Grapes", "Holosiiv Autumn") and over 200 thousand lines of translations from European literature. In 1942–1964 he headed the Academic Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnography, as well as the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine.

Maksym Rylsky. Works and Days

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2001.

The program "Literature without Borders. Borys Kharchuk" is dedicated to the work of the Ukrainian writer, laureate of the Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko National Prize, Borys Kharchuk.

In the video: friends and relatives share memories of Borys Kharchuk, photos from the personal archive of the Kharchuk family, the house where the writer lived, his favorite park, and books by Borys Kharchuk.

Comments: critic, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Vitaly Donchyk; the writer's daughter Roxana Kharchuk; Ukrainian writer, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Anatoly Dimarov; writer Sofia Maidanska.

Host — Teodozia Zarivna.

Reference: Borys Kharchuk is a Ukrainian prose writer, a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1958, the author of novels and short stories of a socio-psychological nature. In his work, he combined realistic prose with elements of a parable, revealing moral and philosophical themes of goodness, humanity, and national self-awareness.

Ukrainian writer Borys Kharchuk

2006, National Television Company of Ukraine. The documentary program “Bringing the World Closer. Boris Grabovsky” is dedicated to the Ukrainian inventor of the modern electronic television system.

The video features: opening credits, the folk museum of the Grabovsky family history in the village of Grabovske in the Sumy region, family history, archival photographs, film archives, archival video with commentary by Boris Grabovsky's wife, Lydia Grabovska, and the inventor's last footage in Kyrgyzstan. The scientist is described by: Doctor of Arts Vadym Skuratovsky; wife of the former Ukrainian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Nadiya Shapoval; Doctor of Historical Sciences Stanislav Kulchytsky.

Reference: Boris Pavlovich Grabovsky (1901–1966) was a Ukrainian engineer and pioneer of electronic television, son of poet Pavel Grabovsky. In 1928, together with Ivan Belyansky, he made the first wireless transmission of moving images in history using the fully electronic “Telefot” system, which became the basis for modern television technologies. His inventions laid the foundation for the development of electronic television in the world.

Boris Grabovsky. Pioneer of electronic television

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2009.

The documentary film "Valery Viter. Return to the Future" is dedicated to the soloist of VIA "Kobza", artist Valery Viter.

The film tells the story of the formation, success and decline of the ensemble in the memories of journalist Volodymyr Kanash, musician Georgy Garbar, poet Yuriy Rybchinsky and journalist Andriy Kulikov. An interview with Valery Viter is presented, he shares memories of his musical and artistic activities.

Fragments of performances of the ensemble "Kobza" in the 1970s, footage from Viter’s childhood, his performances with the boys’ choir of the October Palace, participation in Sergei Parajanov’s film "Ukrainian Rhapsody" and the performance of "Ave Maria", as well as photographs from the archives of the Viter family are used.

Reference: Valeriy Viter is a Ukrainian artist, graphic artist, musician and singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2010). Known as the soloist of the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Kobza" (1971–1987) and the leader of the "KOBZA ORIGINAL" collective. Author of numerous paintings and graphic works, participant in over 170 exhibitions, including personal exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.

Valery Viter from VIA "Kobza"

2003, National Television Company of Ukraine. Programme from the series ‘Heroes of Ukraine’ — ‘Recognition and Calvary of Augustin Voloshyn’.

The video features: opening credits, film and photo documents, places of birth and life of Augustin Voloshyn, a monument in Vyshhorod, newsreels, Uzhhorod at the beginning of the 20th century, photographs, villages of the Carpathian region, the Ukrainian Sejm of Carpathian Ukraine, a speech by A. Voloshyn, a photo of the minutes of the Ukrainian Sejm.

Reference: Augustin Voloshyn (1874–1945) was a Ukrainian political and public figure, educator, and priest. In March 1939, he headed the government of the newly proclaimed independent Carpathian Ukraine. After World War II, he was arrested by the Soviet secret services and died in prison in moscow.

The recognition and Calvary of Augustin Voloshyn

1993, Ukrainian television. The programme ‘Forgotten Names. Stepan Timoshenko. The Genius of Strength’ is dedicated to the Ukrainian and American mechanical engineer.

The video features: opening credits, objects built thanks to Stepan Timoshenko's calculations: the Kyiv TV Tower, the Paton Bridge, the roof of the Ukraine Palace; archival photographs, video from the United States.

Comments: President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Paton; Doctor of Technical Sciences Mykhailo Harf; Minister of Education of Ukraine Petro Talanchuk; Academician Heorhii Pysarenko; Associate Professor M. Makhnovskyi.

Reference: Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko (1878–1972) — Ukrainian and American scientist and engineer, one of the founders of modern theoretical mechanics and strength of materials. He worked in Kyiv, St. Petersburg, Yugoslavia, and the United States, where he gained worldwide recognition as the ‘father of modern mechanics.’ He is the author of classic textbooks and scientific works that have become the basis of engineering education around the world.

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