Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1993.

The film is dedicated to the biography of the Ukrainian architect Vladislav Gorodetsky and his legacy.

On the video: photo archive of Gorodetsky, photos from African expeditions; landscapes of Kyiv, architectural creations of Gorodetsky, House with Chimeras and Church of St. Nicholas from close angles.

Reference: Vladislav Vladislavovich Gorodetsky — Ukrainian architect of Polish origin, representative of the modern style in the architecture of Kyiv of the late 19th — early 20th centuries. The author of more than 30 buildings in Ukraine, among which — House with Chimeras, Church of St. Nicholas, Karaite Kenasa. In the 1920s he worked in Poland, and since 1928 — the chief architect of the Persian Railway in Iran.

Vladislav Gorodetsky — the builder of modern Kyiv

On the video: archival footage in which Heorhiy Gongadze is present, draws Yuriy Lukanov on his head, kisses Yulia Tymoshenko's hand with Natalya Kondratyuk, asks questions in the Verkhovna Rada. Flyers are scattered in the Verkhovna Rada - "Find journalist Heorhiy Gongadze", action on Independence Square "Find Heorhiy Gongadze", interview with mother and wife of Heorhiy Gongadze.

Georgy Gongadze: archival videos

2002, Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program from the series “Countrymen” is dedicated to the Ukrainian theater and film actress Ada Rogovtseva.

An interview with the actress about her wartime childhood, creativity, cinema, and her dreams of the best role.

On the video: screensavers, the actress's birthplace - the village of Hlukhiv, family photos and videos from her personal archive, nature and churches of Hlukhiv, photos and video fragments of acting works from films (Taming the Fire, Eternal Call), the actress meeting with fellow Hlukhiv residents, the actress at the dacha near Boryspil with her family, participation in a gathering of women myrrh-bearers in Sumy region, reading a poem by Lina Kostenko on stage, Roman Viktyuk on stage, Ada Rogovtseva at the benefit "I give you a gift! ..." on the stage of the Sumy Theater named after M. Shchepkin.

Author: Liudmyla Chuhai.

“Countrymen”: Ada Rogovtseva

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2001.

The TV film "The Chosen Ones of Music. Hryhoriy Harkusha" is dedicated to the People's Artist of Ukraine Hryhoriy Harkusha.

In the video, Hryhoriy Harkusha talks about his life and creative path. The program features the following works performed by him: "Bezmezhne pole" (music by Mykola Lysenko, lyrics by Ivan Franko), "Peremogha zhive" (music by Volodymyr Myhula, lyrics by Mykola Vladimirov), "Osinnie zoloto" (music by Igor Shamo, lyrics by Dmytro Lutsenko), Chatterton's aria from the opera "Chatterton" (music by Ruggiero Leoncavallo), Ukrainian folk song "Oy, pod vyshneyu", "Yak nadiyshla lyubov" (music by Oleksandr Bilash, lyrics by Dmytro Pavlychko).

Reference: Hryhoriy Yakymovych Garkusha is a Ukrainian singer (baritone), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, professor at the Kyiv Conservatory. He performed works of classical and Ukrainian vocal tradition, toured actively and was engaged in teaching activities.

About the life and work of Hryhoriy Harkusha

2003, Zaporizhzhia State TV and Radio Company. A program from the series “Living Stories of Zaporizhzhia” dedicated to Ukrainian metallurgist Hryhorii Pometun and the 70th anniversary of Zaporizhzhia Iron and Steel Works “Zaporizhstal”.

The video features: screensavers, fragments from the movie “Spring on Zarechnaya Street” and the documentary “Zaporizhstal”, an interview with Hryhoriy Pometun, the open-hearth shop, metallurgists, steelmaking, and the plant.

Author: Oksana Gladiy.

“Living stories of Zaporizhzhia”: Hryhorii Pometun

The video features a story about Ukrainian football player and coach Valeriy Lobanovsky. 

The video uses archival footage of Lobanovskyi's time as a player at Dynamo, his coaching work in the USSR, the UAE and Kuwait. Also, his return to Dynamo and his work as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team. There are video fragments of the last football match played by Valeriy Lobanovsky and the installation of a monument to him near the Dynamo stadium in Kyiv. 

Valeriy Lobanovsky was born on January 6, 1939, in Kyiv. He is a long-time coach of Dynamo, and under his leadership the team has twice won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He coached the Ukrainian national team in 2000-2001. He is one of the most titled coaches in the history of Ukrainian football, the most titled coach of the XX century. He was awarded the Order of Merit, second class, Hero of Ukraine. 

Valery Lobanovsky died on May 13, 2002. 

Valeriy Lobanovsky: innovator, maestro, teacher 

May 15, 2003, Khmelnytsky Regional State TV and Radio Company “Podillya”. The program “Pure Word - Pure Thought” from the series “Art Channel”.

The video includes backgrounds, an interview with Professor Vasyl Lyzanchuk, Doctor of Philology, former Head of the Department of Radio and Television of the Faculty of Journalism at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Honored Journalist of Ukraine.

Interview with Professor Vasyl Lizanchuk

2000, Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program from the series “Fellow Countrymen” is dedicated to the history of the partisan movement in the Sumy region during World War II and the life of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian communist resistance movement, Sydir Kovpak.

The video features: introductions, the host, the Sumy Regional State Archive, archival documents, photographs, and black-and-white footage from the Second World War, a partisan dugout in the Spadshchansky Forest in Putivl district, S. Kovpak's memoirs read by the announcer of the Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company Volodymyr Provorotsky, an original video recording with Kovpak's voice, and a monument to Kovpak in Putivl. An interview with Kateryna Konovalenko, the first radio operator-parachutist of the Kovpak connection.

Author: Iryna Bohdanova.

“Countrymen”: Sidor Kovpak

May 15, 1998, Kyiv.

A plot about the 50th anniversary party of the Ukrainian diplomat, poet, translator and literary critic of Georgian origin Raul Chilachava. Greetings, gifts and flowers are presented, a portrait is shown, and he recites his poem “Home”.

The anniversary of Raul Chilachava

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2003.

The episode of the program "Heroes of Ukraine" is dedicated to the Ukrainian politician and publicist Vyacheslav Chornovil.

On the video: biography of Vyacheslav Chornovil, photos from the family archive; interview with Vyacheslav Chornovil's wife Athena Pashko; photos and newsreels: Kyiv in the 1960s (streets, Khreshchatyk, Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Square); Chornovil's speeches at rallies in 1990, in the Verkhovna Rada, at meetings of the People's Movement of Ukraine, press conferences; laying flowers at his workplace in the session hall.

Reference: Vyacheslav Chornovil is a Ukrainian politician, publicist, dissident and political prisoner of the USSR. Founder of the underground magazine "Ukrainian Herald", member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, initiator of the creation of the People's Movement of Ukraine, its long-time chairman. He was a presidential candidate in the 1991 elections, was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine three times. Died in a car accident in 1999.

Vyacheslav Chornovil: politician, dissident, Hero of Ukraine

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2015.

The documentary film “Star in the Form of a Square” from the series “Kyiv Antiquity. The World of Art” is dedicated to the work of the avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich.

The autobiography of Kazimir Malevich is told, a photo archive and fragments of the artist’s works are demonstrated. Contains a reconstruction of the futuristic opera “Victory over the Sun” performed by actors of the Stas Namin Theater.

Comments: PinchukArtCentre art critic Anna Gonchar; art critic professor Dmytro Gorbachev; art critic, collector Oleksandr Brey; Honored Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Urvanov; head of the architectural workshop Heorhiy Dukhovychny.

Reference: Kazimir Malevich is a prominent Ukrainian and Russian avant-garde artist, the founder of Suprematism and a pioneer of Cubo-Futurism. Born in Kyiv to a Polish Catholic family, he was educated at various art institutions, actively participated in numerous exhibitions and taught at leading institutes. The futuristic opera "Victory over the Sun" is the avant-garde work by Mikhail Matyushin and Oleksiy Kruchenykh; during its premiere, Kazimir Malevich's "Black Square" appeared on stage for the first time, which became a symbol of abstract art.

Kazimir Malevich “Star in the Form of a Square”

May 14, 2005, Kyiv.

Footage of the 85th anniversary of Yaroslava Stetsko (Slava Stetsko), head of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, co-organizer of the UPA Red Cross, and 2nd leader of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Peoples. Auditorium with the activist's comrades-in-arms, portrait of Slava, archival footage of her activities, Stetsko in the Verkhovna Rada, church, funeral.

Commentary: former UPA Commander-in-Chief Vasyl Kuk; MP Ivan Plyushch; Yaroslava Stetsko's niece Lesia Bratsiun.

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