State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1987.

The TV film "Trust" is dedicated to the biography and activities of the head of the collective farm named after the XXV Congress of the CPSU in the village of Pechera, Tulchyn district, Vinnytsia region, Hero of Socialist Labor Ivan Kalnytsky.

On the video: a trip through the village; women in the hut spin and sing Ukrainian folk songs; the Revutsky family recalls how Kalnytsky hid in their house from the Germans during the German-Soviet war, the partisan period of his activities; landscapes of Vinnytsia region, villages, residential buildings; Kalnytsky talks about the situation in the village after the war, about the famine of 1947, work in the village of Petrashivka; fellow villagers characterize Ivan Kalnytsky as a leader; the territory and buildings of the collective farm, fields, views of the village and its surroundings; conversation with rural youth.

The film is dubbed in russian languages. Contains elements of Soviet propaganda.

Reference: Ivan Kalnytskyi is a Ukrainian Soviet economic figure, long-time head of collective farms in Vinnytsia region, Hero of Socialist Labor, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 9th–11th convocations. In different years, he headed collective and private agricultural enterprises, participated in the partisan movement during World War II, was awarded state awards of the USSR and Ukraine.

Ivan Kalnytsky: about the economy and people

1977, Lviv Television. The documentary film “Yaroslav Halan” is dedicated to the Ukrainian Soviet propagandist, writer, and Sovietophile. The film consists of three parts: “Halan's Violin,” “Courage,” and “Until the Last Minute.” Language: Russian. Propaganda is present.

In the video: opening credits, writer Roman Fedoriv talks about Yaroslav Galan, footage of cities: Dnipro, Przemyśl, Krakow, Lviv, Saratov, Rome, villages of Trostyanets, Bereziv Nyzhniy, and the town of Koktebel. Archival documents, photographs of Galan and other writers, covers of books and magazines, footage from the 1920s, the arrival of Soviet troops in Western Ukraine in September 1939, the German occupation, and the pseudo-council of 1946 are used.

Reference: Yaroslav Galan was a Ukrainian Soviet writer and publicist known for his sharp anti-clerical and anti-nationalist stance. He worked in the genre of pamphlets and political journalism and actively supported Soviet power in Western Ukraine. In 1949, he was killed in Lviv.

Documentary film "Yaroslav Galan", 1977

November 14, 1996, Ukrainian television.

Video interview with Mykhailo Umanets, consultant at the Emergency Technical Center of the State Committee for Nuclear Energy of Ukraine and director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from 1987 to 1992. Hosted by Pavlo Vlasov.

Interview with Mykhailo Umanets

State enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1994.

The film is dedicated to the biography and creative path of the Ukrainian opera singer Solomiya Krushelnytska.

On the video: Solomiya Krushelnytska's apartment-museum in Lviv, various plans of the museum exposition; photos of Solomiya Krushelnytska from different years; biography of the singer.

Comments by musicologist, researcher of Solomiya Krushelnytska's work Mykola Holovashchenko.

Reference: Solomiya Krushelnytska is a Ukrainian opera singer, teacher, one of the leading representatives of the European vocal scene of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. She performed on the leading opera stages of Europe and America, in particular, she performed the part of Cio-Cio-san in Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly", in the post-war period she taught at the Lviv State Conservatory.

Opera singer Solomiya Krushelnytska

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2009.

The episode of the program "Lines of Fate" is dedicated to an interview with the head of the Ukrainian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan Serhiy Chervonopysky.

On the video: a monument to Afghan soldiers in Kyiv, the host's introductory speech; Serhiy Chervonopysky's biography, photos from the personal archive; interview, a walk through the museum with a museum exhibition dedicated to the war in Afghanistan and the participation of Ukrainians in it; Serhiy Chervonopysky talks about his youth, combat missions, talks about his wife and the activities of the Ukrainian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan.

Host — Tetyana Tsymbal.

Reference: Serhiy Chervonopysky - Soviet military man, Ukrainian political and public figure, Lieutenant General, Doctor of Political Science, Hero of Ukraine. A participant in the fighting in Afghanistan, one of the key organizers of the veterans' movement in Ukraine, a long-time chairman of the Ukrainian Union of Afghanistan Veterans and head of state bodies for veterans' affairs. In 2006–2007, he was a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th convocation, specializing in issues of social protection of veterans, disabled people and participants in military conflicts.

Interview with Serhiy Chervonopysky

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1996.

The film is dedicated to the life and creative path of the Ukrainian painter Oleksandr Murashko.

On the video: landscapes of Kyiv, nature, the artist's paintings from the collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the artist's burial place.

Reference: Oleksandr Murashko is a Ukrainian painter, teacher and public figure, one of the founders of the Ukrainian State Academy of Arts. He was born in Kyiv, studied at the Higher Art School at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in the studio of Ilya Repin, actively exhibited in European art centers. In 1917, he joined the organization of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, developed pedagogical activities and formed modern trends in Ukrainian painting of the early 20th century.

Artist Oleksandr Murashko

2004, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘Oleksandr Dovzhenko in Memories’ is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian film director.

The video features archival footage in which writers Vasyl Chekhon, Viktor Shklovsky, and Armenian film director Levon Isakyan share their memories of Oleksandr Dovzhenko. It includes excerpts from Dovzhenko's films, archival photographs, and footage of memorable places in Armenia.

Dovzhenko in memoirs

December 4, 2019, Kyiv.

Video interview with Ukrainian public activist, political prisoner of Putin's regime Volodymyr Balukh. The activist shows his apartment, personal belongings, books, letters from prison.

Reference: Volodymyr Balukh is a Ukrainian public activist and farmer from Crimea, known for his open pro-Ukrainian position after the russian occupation of the peninsula in 2014. For refusing to remove the Ukrainian flag and criticizing the occupation authorities, he was politically persecuted, convicted on trumped-up charges, and imprisoned. In 2019, Balukh was released during a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and russia.

Interview with Volodymyr Balukh

2013, National Television Company of Ukraine. A documentary film from the series ‘The Seventies’ dedicated to the life and work of Ukrainian film director Tymofiy Levchuk.

The video features opening credits, film clips, and colleagues' memories of Tymofiy Levchuk: Volodymyr Gorpenko, rector of the Ivan Mykolaychuk Institute of Screen Arts; Serhiy Trymbach, head of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine; People's Artist of Ukraine Anatoliy Barchuk; Honoured Artist of Ukraine Silviya Serhiychikova; writer Yuriy Topchiy; film director, People's Artist of Ukraine Roman Balayan.

The Seventies: Film Director Timofiy Levchuk

Documentary film "He Who Paved the Way" about the life and work of the Ukrainian writer, biker, teacher and publisher - Yevhen Hrebinka.

The writer Yevhen Hrebinka was born on February 2, 1812 and lived for 36 years. He was engaged in literary activity for almost half of his life. Over 15 years, he published more than 50 novels, novels and short stories.

There is an interview with Serhiy Nekrasov, the director of the museum named after Pushkin, Tetyana Lebedynska — Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, member of the Writers' Union of Ukraine.

Evgeny Hrebinka. Documentary film about the writer

1995, Ukrainian television. A video film about the life and work of philosopher, physicist and educator Ivan Pul'uj.

The video includes: opening credits, two short stories — ‘Crossroads’ and ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’. The text is read by Anatoliy Vasyanovych and Valentina Martynyuk.

The life and work of Ivan Pul'uj

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2007.

The episode of the program "Not with the Only Bread" is dedicated to the literary heritage and an interview with the poet Dmytro Pavlychko.

On the video: an interview with Dmytro Pavlychko, demonstrating his printed publications, library; the poet's office, talking about the creative process; poets share their impressions of Dmytro Pavlychko's poetry; songs to the words of Dmytro Vasylovych.

Comments: poet, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine Dmytro Pavlychko; poets Stanislav Chernilevsky and Andriy Bondar.

Host — Teodoziya Zarivna.

Reference: Dmytro Pavlychko is one of the key poets of Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries, whose work combined classical form (sonnet, poem) with acute historical, national and moral issues. His poetry and translations became an important tool for establishing the Ukrainian language in the world cultural context and for the formation of a modern Ukrainian literary tradition. Pavlychko played a decisive role in preserving the continuity between European classics and the Ukrainian poetic canon.

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