Ternopil Television. The program "They Glorified Our Land" from January 15, 2012 is dedicated to the leader of Ukrainian nationalism Yaroslav Stetsko.

On the video: Ternopil region, various plans; archival videos with Yaroslav Stetsko; museum complex exposition dedicated to Stetsko; researchers talk about the ideologist; printed publications of the museum.

Comments: Candidate of Historical Sciences Fedir Polyansky; Director of the Yaroslav Stetsko Memorial Museum Complex Myron Sahaidak.

Reference: Yaroslav Stetsko — Ukrainian politician, ideologist and leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, one of the authors of the Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State of June 30, 1941 and Chairman of the Ukrainian State Board. After his imprisonment in a German concentration camp, Sachsenhausen headed the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Peoples and the OUN(b) Leadership, playing an important role in the international anti-communist activities of the Ukrainian political emigration.

Yaroslav Stetsko — leader of Ukrainian nationalism

The television film "The First Among Equals" is dedicated to the life and creative path of the Ukrainian playwright, actor and composer Mark Kropyvnytsky.

On the video: Kirovograd (now the city of Kropyvnytsky), various plans of the city, commemorative plaques dedicated to the Ukrainian playwright; photographs of Mark Kropyvnytsky; Kropyvnytsky's grandmother's house, the church where he sang in the choir in his youth; Mykhailo Barsky talks about the beginning of Mark Kropyvnytsky's creative path, the story is accompanied by photographs of the composer from different years; comments by artists about the phenomenon and contribution to Ukrainian culture of Mark Kropyvnytsky.

Comments: chief director of the Kirovograd Music and Drama Theater Mykhailo Barsky; actors of the Kirovograd Music and Drama Theater Maryna Yenina, Volodymyr Myronovych; director Kyiv Drama and Comedy Theater Oleksiy Lisovets; actors of the Kyiv Drama and Comedy Theater Oleksandr Hannochenko, Valentyn Shestopalov; art historian Arkady Drak.

The film uses materials from the State Film, Photo and Audio Archive of Ukraine.

Reference: Marko Kropyvnytskyi is a Ukrainian playwright, actor, director and theater figure, with whose name the formation of professional Ukrainian theater in Dnieper Ukraine is associated. He became one of the founders of the Theater of the Luminaries, formed a national acting school and created a number of dramatic works that determined the further development of the Ukrainian stage. His activities were of key importance for the establishment of Ukrainian theatrical culture as an independent artistic phenomenon.

The creative path of Mark Kropyvnytsky

Lviv Television. The program “Third Millennium” (“Outside Space and Time. Carlo Zvirynsky”) from September 28, 1997 is dedicated to the Ukrainian painter Carlo Zvirynsky.

On the video: photographs of Zvirynsky, workshop, interviews with artists and friends of Carlo Zvirynsky; paintings by Zvirynsky, various shots.

Comments: Director of the “Gerdan” Gallery Yurko Boyko; Doctor of Medical Sciences Oleksandr Kitsera; Honored Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Patyk; Honored Artists of Ukraine Andriy Bokotey, Danylo Dovboshynsky, Oleh Minko; artist Roman Petruk; writer Ihor Kalynets.

Reference: Carlo Zvirynsky is a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, icon painter and teacher, representative of the Lviv art school. A teacher at the Lviv Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts, the founder of an informal "underground academy" where he formed a new generation of Ukrainian artists. His creativity and pedagogical activity played an important role in the development of the Ukrainian artistic environment of the second half of the 20th century.

Carlo Zvirynsky: "underground academy” of painting

1999, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film ‘Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg.’

In the video, People's Artist of Ukraine Valery Ivchenko talks about the life and work of Taras Shevchenko during his time in St. Petersburg: his acquaintance with artists Ivan Soshenko and Alexander Grigorievich, his redemption from serfdom, his studies at the Academy of Arts, his first collection ‘Kobzar,’ and the arrest of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood. Footage of St. Petersburg; the house where Shevchenko lived; the Alley of Statues, where he often painted; paintings created during that time.

"Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg"

2014, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film ‘Fate. Hryhorii Tytunnyk. A Soul Full of Pain’ dedicated to the Ukrainian writer and translator. Part 2

The video features opening credits, archival photographs of the writer, black-and-white newsreels, excerpts from Hryhorii Tytunnyk's works, correspondence with his brother Hryhorii, and a recording of the writer's voice. 
Tyutyunnik's colleagues, friends, and relatives recall his childhood and youth, his development as a young author and short story writer: former editor-in-chief of the Molod publishing house Volodymyr Bilenko; writer and former editor of the Molod publishing house Petro Kravchuk; poet and artist Hryhorii Bulakh; writer Vasyl Shklyar; Hryhorii Tyutyunnyk's classmate Olha Pushko; cousin and head of the H. Tyutyunnyk school museum Vira Kulachkina; writer and academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ivan Dziuba; teacher at the Shylivska school Nina Boiko; neighbour of the Tyutyunnik family Olena Slipets-Golyachenko; poet Dmytro Cherednichenko; writers Anatoliy and Yevdokiya Dimarovy; poet Galina Kyrpa; journalist and writer Mykola Soroka.

Grigor Tyutyunnyk. A Soul Full of Pain. Film 2

2014, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film ‘Destiny. Hryhorii Tytunnyk. Roots’ dedicated to the Ukrainian writer and translator. Part 1

The video features opening credits, archival photographs of the writer, black-and-white newsreels, excerpts from Hryhorii Tytunnyk's works, correspondence with his brother Hryhorii, and a recording of the writer's voice. 
Tyutyunnik's colleagues, friends, and relatives recall his childhood and youth, his development as a young author and short story writer: former editor-in-chief of the Molod publishing house Volodymyr Bilenko; writer and former editor of the Molod publishing house Petro Kravchuk; poet and artist Hryhorii Bulakh; writer Vasyl Shklyar; Hryhorii Tyutyunnyk's classmate Olha Pushko; cousin and head of the H. Tyutyunnyk school museum Vira Kulachkina; writer and academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ivan Dziuba; teacher at the Shylivska school Nina Boiko; neighbour of the Tyutyunnik family Olena Slipets-Golyachenko; poet Dmytro Cherednichenko; writers Anatoliy and Yevdokiya Dimarovy; poet Galina Kyrpa; journalist and writer Mykola Soroka.

Grigor Tyutyunnyk. Roots. Film 1

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1978.

The film from the series "Autographs of Composers" is dedicated to the Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, composer Hlib Taranov.

The video features an interview with Hlib Taranov in his music room, demonstrating the skills of his students, talking about classical works and orchestral interaction, sources of creative inspiration, performing Beethoven's works.

Reference: Hlib Taranov is a Ukrainian Soviet composer and teacher, professor, Doctor of Art History, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Author of the opera "The Battle of the Ice", nine symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos, chamber and choral works.

Hlib Taranov: interview with the composer

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

The television film is dedicated to the biography and work of the Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky.

On the video: landscapes of Zhytomyr, various street plans, the house where Borys Lyatoshynsky was born; photographs of the composer; a tour of educational institutions where Borys Lyatoshynsky studied; works of the composer; ballet production of the Kyiv Theater of Plastic Drama (artistic director - Vira Mishneva) with musical accompaniment by Borys Lyatoshynsky; funeral procession.

Comments: the composer's niece, teacher of the National Academy of Music of Ukraine Iya Tsarevich; composers Yevhen Stankovych, Oleksandr Kanershtein; pianist Borys Demenko; chief conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Choir named after Borys Lyatoshynsky Viktor Ikonnyk.

Director — Vyacheslav Skvortsov.

The film featured fragments from the composer's works from different years.

Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1988.

The documentary film "And Again I Belong to Me Not Myself" is dedicated to the People's Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Sylvestrovich Stupka in the format of a monologue by the artist himself about the acting profession and his worldview in his work.

The video contains an interview with the actor, excerpts from films and performances, a walk around Lviv with Bohdan Stupka.

Comments: Soviet actors Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Bondarchuk; Ukrainian director Yuri Illenko; Ukrainian actor Bohdan Stupka.

Fragments from performances and films used: "Aeneid", "Master and Margarita", "Children of the Sun", "Frying Pan", "White Bird with a Black Sign", "Red Bells".

Reference: Bohdan Stupka is a theater and film actor, Hero of Ukraine, laureate of numerous theater awards and orders. Born in Kulykov, later the family moved to Lviv. He played in over a hundred films and performed over fifty theater roles, held the positions of Minister of Culture of Ukraine and head of the Ivan Franko National Theater. Died on July 22, 2012 after a long illness.

Bohdan Stupka "And Again I Belong to Me Not Myself"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1981.

The film is dedicated to the Ukrainian scientist, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Oleksandr Bohomolets.

On the video: a story about the biography and research path of Oleksandr Bohomolets, comments from the scientist's colleagues about his scientific achievements. Contains black-and-white Soviet chronicles with the participation of Oleksandr Bohomolets.

Comments: Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, the scientist's son Oleg Bohomolets; Academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR Mykola Fedorov, Vasyl Komisarenko, Dmitry Chebotaryov, Mykola Gorev, Platon Kostyuk; the scientist's student Kateryna Cherepovskaya.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: Oleksandr Bohomolets is a Ukrainian Soviet pathophysiologist, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, founder of the Ukrainian school of pathological physiology and organizer of leading medical research institutions. Developed the theory of the physiological system of connective tissue and created anti-reticular cytotoxic serum. His works on endocrinology, immunology, gerontology and blood transfusion significantly influenced the development of experimental and clinical medicine of the 20th century.

Academician Oleksandr Bohomolets

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1991.

The documentary film "Brothers" is dedicated to the biography of two Ukrainian writer-brothers - Hryhoriy and Hryhoriy Tyutyunnyky - through the prism of the tragic fate of the Ukrainian intelligentsia of the 1960s and 1970s.

Video interviews with writers Anatoly Dimarov, Petro Zasenko, William Ligostov, Anatoly Shevchenko and Hryhoriy Shton. They talk about the life and work of the Tyutyunnyky brothers, share memories of them, show photographs, and recite poems.

Filming was carried out in Kyiv and the village of Shylivka, Poltava region.

Reference: Hryhoriy Tyutyunnyky is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, author of prose works on war and post-war themes; worked in Lviv as a teacher and editor of the magazine "Zhovten" (now "Dzvin"). Posthumously awarded the Taras Shevchenko State Prize for the novel "Vyr", which became one of the notable phenomena of Ukrainian prose of the mid-20th century.

Hryhir Tyutiunnyk - Ukrainian prose writer and translator of the generation of the sixties, a master of short stories and psychological prose about man and the Ukrainian village; also worked in the publishing and screenwriting fields. Laureate of the Lesya Ukrainka Prize for works for children; posthumously awarded the Taras Shevchenko State Prize.

Who were Hryhoriy and Hryhir Tyutyunnyky

Poltava TV "Ltva". The program "Poltava known and unknown: a retro look" from November 5, 2001 is dedicated to the biography and creative path of the People's Artist of the USSR, Ukrainian singer Ivan Kozlovsky.

On the video: landscapes of Poltava, historical background, photos of Ivan Kozlovsky; Poltava Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Gogol, various plans.

Comments: Director of the Museum "Musical Poltava Region" Valery Teslenko; Honored Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Lyubansky; Director of Children's Music School No. 2 of the city of Poltava Valentyn Yefremov; Honored Artist of Ukraine Vira Volkova; Musicologist Larysa Teslenko; Relative of Alexandra Hertsyk Valentyna Nasvetova.

Host — Lyudmila Nestulya.

Reference: Ivan Kozlovsky is a Ukrainian and Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor, leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, People's Artist of the USSR and Ukraine, laureate of state awards. Known for performing parts in the classical opera repertoire and popularizing Ukrainian vocal music in concert activities.

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