National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2006.

The TV film "Bayanist from Hradyzk" is dedicated to the famous Ukrainian cultural figure, composer Oleksandr Bilash.

On the video: archival footage of the city, telling the biography of the musician; memories of his wife; archival footage of Larisa Ostapenko's vocals; family photo archive; performance of the song "Vpali rosy na koposi"; newspaper periodicals with articles dedicated to the composer; performance by the "Yavir" quartet of the song to the music of O. Bilash "Smereka"; various archival recordings; colleagues share memories.

Comments: People's Artist of Ukraine, professor of the National Academy of Music of Ukraine, wife of Oleksandr Bilash Larysa Ostapenko; poet Dmytro Pavlychko; People's Deputy of Ukraine, journalist Ivan Bokyi; People's Artist of Ukraine Anatoliy Mokrenko; People's Artists of Ukraine Volodymyr Didukh, Oles Kharchenko; teacher of the Mykola Lysenko Music School, daughter of the composer Oksana Bilash-Cherepakha; journalist of the National Radio of Ukraine, daughter of the composer Olesya Bilash; People's Artist of Ukraine Dmytro Hnatyuk; People's Artist of Ukraine Taisiya Povaliy; poets Ivan Drach and Borys Oliynyk.

The text is read by Oleksandr Zavalsky.

Reference: Oleksandr Bilash is a Ukrainian composer, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Ukraine, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize. Author of over 500 songs, romances, operas, music for theatrical productions and films, including "Dream", "Roman and Francesca", "Dangerous Tours". The most famous songs are "Two Colors", "Ashes", "Snow on a Green Leaf". Bilash's work is based on the Ukrainian song tradition.

"Bayanist from Hradyzk" Oleksandr Bilash

2002, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme is dedicated to Ukrainian scientist in the field of rocket engineering and cosmonautics Sergei Korolev.

The video shows Korolev giving the command to launch the rocket, the rocket taking off, and memories from colleagues, rocket and space technology tester Ivan Brovko, daughter Natalia, and mother Maria Moskalenko. archival photos and videos, Sergei Korolev with Yuri Gagarin, Korolev's report to the commission on preparations for the Vostok-3 and Vostok-4 flights, Korolev climbing the rocket stairs. Excerpts from the documentary film ‘Chief Designer’ are used.

Reference: Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907–1966) was a Ukrainian scientist and designer, a native of Zhytomyr, known as the ‘father of practical cosmonautics’. He headed the Soviet space programme, organised the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (1957) and the first human flight into space (1961). Although his achievements were appropriated by Soviet and Russian history, Korolev was Ukrainian by origin and upbringing.

The father of cosmonautics — Sergei Korolev

January 11, 2003, Kyiv.

A plot about the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the last commander of the UPA, Vasyl Kuk. A round dance around the hero of the day, spectators in the hall, archival photos and videos of the UPA, a speech by Vasyl Kuk.

Vasyl Kuk's 90th anniversary

2002, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘Vasyl Stus. Standing Tall’ is dedicated to the Ukrainian poet of the 1960s, dissident, and fighter for Ukraine's independence.

The video features: opening credits, recitation of Stus's poems, archival photographs of the poet, archival videos with Nikita Khrushchev, footage of Kyiv, and memories of Vasyl Stus by people who knew him well: poet Yevhen Sverstiuk, son Dmytro Stus, People's Deputy Vyacheslav Chornovil, doctor Semen Hluzman, politician Levko Lukyanenko, and philologist Viktor Ivanisenko.

Author: Vasyl Levchenko.

Memories of Vasyl Stus

Lviv, 2021. Interview with Petro Halushchak, great-grandson of Ivan Franko and grandson of his youngest son. He talks about his family, traditions, family values, and upbringing, and shows memorial exhibits, sports equipment belonging to family members, and photographs. 

Reference: Petro Halushchak was born on September 12, 1954, in Lviv. He studied at Lviv School No. 4 with an in-depth study of English, then at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute. He worked as a design engineer, engineer, manager, and deputy manager of various enterprises. He was involved in community organizations. He was married to Olesia Yarosh. The couple had six sons. 

Throughout his life, Petro Halushchak promoted the legacy of his great-grandfather. He died on August 27, 2025. It was on this day in 1856 that Ivan Franko was born.

Petro Halushchak: Ivan Franko's great-grandson on family traditions

2017, Ternopil Regional Directorate of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. Programme from the series ‘Musical Kaleidoscope’. 

The video features an interview with Olga Sumskaya, Honoured Artist of Ukraine and actress. Opening credits, excerpts from the TV series ‘Roksolana’ and the cartoon ‘Come Back, Kapitoshko!’. Hosts: Iryna Demchuk, Bohdan Bodenchuk.

Interview with Olga Sumskaya

2015, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘Vsevolod Nestayko. Born in Childhood’ is dedicated to the life and work of the Ukrainian writer.

The video features: opening credits, children with the author's books, comments about the writer, archival video and photo materials, children in the studio of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, excerpts from the video recording of Vsevolod Nestayko's birthday, excerpts from the films ‘Toreadors from Vasukivka’ and ‘Unit with Deception’.

The writer was discussed by: writer Lesya Voronina; NRCU announcer Larysa Tarasova; translator Tetiana Polyakova; director of the publishing house ‘A-ba-ba-ga-la-ma-ga’ Ivan Malkovych; editor-in-chief of the National Publishing House of Children's Literature ‘Veselka’ Iryna Boiko; his daughter, candidate of philological sciences Olena Maksymenko; and artist Anatoliy Vasylenko.

Author: Tetiana Zhitska.

Vsevolod Nestayko. Born in childhood

1996, National Television Company of Ukraine. An episode of the scientific and educational programme ‘Svichado’ dedicated to Ukrainian archaeologist, poet and researcher of Scythian antiquities Boris Mozolevsky.

The video features opening credits, a stand-up by the host, footage from excavations, the work of the expedition, archival photographs and letters, with voice-over narration by Honoured Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Zadniprovsky. Boris Mozolevsky is discussed by: Kateryna Bunyatyan, candidate of historical sciences; Volodymyr Bilozir; Yuriy Boltryk, candidate of historical sciences; and Serhiy Skoryi, Ukrainian archaeologist, doctor of historical sciences, and professor.

Author: Nadiya Dovgych.

Reference: Boris Mozolevsky (1936–1993) was a Ukrainian archaeologist and poet, researcher of Scythian culture. In 1971, he discovered a golden pectoral in the Tovsta Mohyla burial mound, which became one of the most significant archaeological finds in Ukraine. He was the author of numerous scientific works and a populariser of history.

Archaeologist Boris Mozolevsky

June 5, 2005, Chernivtsi region.

The video shows events dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Ukrainian composer, conductor and choirmaster Stepan Sabadash. Chernivtsi Central Cemetery, a visit to the graves of Illia Sabadash and Nazarii Yaremchuk, Central Street in Novoselytsia, monument to Taras Shevchenko, Sabadas' meeting with officials,  meeting with relatives and friends in the village of Vanchikivtsi, visit to the church and cemetery, composer's family home, children greeting the composer at school, railway station in Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi-Kyiv train.

Stepan Sabadash: events marking his 85th birthday

2008, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘The Fatal Woman Marko Vovchok’ is dedicated to the writer's difficult life and creative path and her relationships with men (Opanas Markovich, Mykola Kulish, Ivan Turgenev, Dmitry Pisarev, Ivan Pasik).

The video features: opening credits, People's Artist of Ukraine Natalia Sumska in the role of Marko Vovchok (reading excerpts from letters and works), archival photographs, a monument to the writer in Nemirov, Nemirov Palace, the Motronivka farmstead, the former home of Mykola Verbytsky, and the Kachanivka Reserve.

Speakers: Doctor of Philology Serhiy Halchenko; Scientific Secretary of the M. Kotsyubinsky Museum Olga Yarmolenko; writer Svitlana Koronenko; Head of the Marko Vovchok Museum Nataliya Steblovska; Candidate of Philology Nataliya Levchik; Larysa Lykhvar, head of the research department at the Kachanivka Reserve; Kateryna Rybalko, editor-in-chief of the magazine Dyvoslovo; writer Iryna Lyubovyk; writer, critic, and winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Mykhailo Slaboshpytskyi; senior research associate at the Marko Vovchok Museum Nina Levchenko.

Author: Teodozia Zarivna.

The Fatal Woman by Marko Vovchok

2005, National Television Company of Ukraine. A program from the Classic Premieres series dedicated to People's Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Hryshko.

The video features: screensavers, archival footage and videos from the singer's performances and life, an interview with Volodymyr Hryshko in the studio with the host, a fragment of a performance with opera singer Monserrate Caballé.

Author: Tatiana Milenina.

Interview with Volodymyr Hryshko

2008, National Television Company of Ukraine. The program "Against all odds... Surgery!" is dedicated to Oleksandr Shalimov, MD, one of the founders of the Ukrainian surgical school.

The video features: screensavers, an interview with Oleksandr Shalimov, archival photos and videos, chronicle footage, operating rooms, the process of surgery, and exhibits of the Museum of Medicine.

Comments: Mykhailo Nychytailo, MD, PhD, Professor; Serhiy Shalimov, MD, Professor.

Reference: Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Shalimov (January 20, 1918 - February 28, 2006) was a prominent Ukrainian Soviet surgeon, academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medicine. He founded a modern Ukrainian surgical school, introduced more than 800 new techniques, including liver and stomach resection and pancreatic surgery, and organized the Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, which is named after him. Under Shalimov's leadership, the first heart transplant in Ukraine was performed. During his life, he performed about 40,000 operations, published more than 830 scientific papers, and was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

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