Kharkiv Television. The October 28, 2009 issue of the program "Theatre Salon" is dedicated to an interview with Honored Artist of Ukraine Rimma Kirina.

She talks about her childhood, youth, the peculiarities of acting and her first roles.

Voiced in russian, contains partial Ukrainian dubbing.

Hosts — Tatyana Kikteva, Oleksandr Annichev.

Reference: Rimma Kirina is a Ukrainian theater actress, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Since 1942, she worked at the Kharkiv State Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Shevchenko, where she played almost two hundred roles. Her work is associated with the productions of leading directors of the second half of the 20th century, which made her one of the prominent figures of the Ukrainian theater scene.

Rimma Kirina a legend of the Kharkiv theater

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2012.

The documentary film is dedicated to the Ukrainian politician Vyacheslav Chornovil and his uncensored socio-political magazine "Ukrainian Herald".

On the video: the edition of "Ukrainian Herald", various shots; Soviet black-and-white chronicles, Kyiv; the cinema "Ukraine", fragments of the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"; an excerpt from a speech by Vyacheslav Chornovil in 1991; a monument to Vyacheslav Chornovil in Lviv.

Comments: People's Deputy of Ukraine, dissident, Yaroslav Kendzior; poet, political prisoner, Ihor Kalynets; dissident, Vyacheslav's sister, Valentyna Chornovil.

Author and director — Mark Gres.

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-term chairman. He was a presidential candidate in the 1991 elections, was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine three times. He died in a car accident in 1999.

"Ukrainian Herald": Vyacheslav Chornovil

The TV film "Pages of Oles Honchar's Work" from March 31, 1984 is dedicated to an interview with the writer Oles Honchar and his creative path.

The writer talks about himself, his life position, readers' conferences, meetings with readers. The actors read excerpts from the novels "Flagbearers", "Man and Weapon", "Tronka", excerpts from Honchar's letters, letters to Oles Honchar from different countries of the world, from Pavlo Tychyna's diary about the novel "Tronka".

The film features the participation of writer Ivan Pushyk and poet Borys Oliynyk.

Reference: Oles (Oleksandr) Honchar is a Ukrainian writer, prose writer, critic, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Author of the trilogy "Flagbearers", novels "Tronka", "Cathedral", laureate of the Shevchenko Prize, Hero of Ukraine (2005, posthumously).

Pages of Oles Honchar's Work

1996, National Television Company of Ukraine. The program "Pectoral" is dedicated to the last interview of archaeologist and poet Borys Mazolevsky and memories of him.

On the video: screensavers, shots of the golden Scythian pectoral, the last shots from the last interview of Borys Mazolevsky, excerpts from poems and letters of Mozolevsky, the studio, memories of him by actor Petro Manko, poet Mykhailo Sirenko, film critic Leonid Cherevatenko, and his wife Vira Mazolevskaya. Performance of the song "Oh, Whose Horse Is Standing".

Host: art critic Olesya Pryimak.

Archaeologist Boris Mazolevsky: latest interview

2002, National Television Company of Ukraine. A programme from the series ‘Not by Bread Alone’ dedicated to writer, translator and screenwriter Leonid Cherevatenko.

The video features: opening credits, an interview with Leonid Cherevatenko about his work in cinema, writing and translation, and his published book about his teacher Mykola Lukash; archival photographs, comments from colleagues and friends: writer Yurii Bedzyk, film director Oleksandr Muratov, writer Oles Lupii; discussion of the book about Mykola Lukash: translator Roksolana Zoriwchak, publisher Larysa Solovieva. Territory of the T. Shevchenko Museum.

Author: Teodora Zarivna.

Reference: Leonid Cherevatenko (1938–2014) was a Ukrainian writer, prose writer, screenwriter, film critic, and translator. Author of collections of poetry, plays, and film novels, including the screenplays for the films ‘Evening on Ivan Kupala’ and ‘The Stone Cross.’ He made a significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian culture, combining literary creativity with cinema.

Writer Leonid Cherevatenko

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2012.

The documentary film "Shakhtarsky Duke" is dedicated to the Ukrainian singer Anatoly Solovyanenko. The biography and creative path of Anatoly Solovyanenko are told, and it contains archival recordings of the singer's performances. The text was read by Yuriy Kovalenko.

Reference: Anatoly Solovyanenko is a Ukrainian opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor), People's Artist of the USSR (1975), laureate of the Lenin (1980) and Shevchenko (1997) prizes, Hero of Ukraine (2008, posthumously). In 1962 he made his debut at the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater, and later performed in leading theaters in the world, in particular at the Metropolitan Opera. He performed 17 opera parts, hundreds of romances and Ukrainian folk songs, and left a significant discographic legacy. His art is considered a reference model of the Ukrainian vocal school of the second half of the 20th century.

"Shakhtarsky Duke" Anatoly Solovyanenko

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 1999.

The episode of the program "Last Address" is dedicated to the memory of the head of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council, political figure Kyrylo Osmak.

The video contains an interview with Kyrylo Osmak's daughter, Natalia Osmak. She talks about her family, her father's biography, his prison exile and public and political activities, and shares family archival materials.

Contains a fragment of an interview with the leading Ukrainian participant in the liberation and revolutionary struggle, Myroslav Prokop, recorded in the United States of America.

The host is Doctor of Historical Sciences Yuriy Shapoval.

Reference: Kyrylo Osmak is a Ukrainian agrarian scientist, public and political figure, member of the Central Rada, head of the Underground Government of Ukraine and president of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council (1944). He was repeatedly arrested by the Soviet authorities, spent his last years in the Vladimir Central, where he tragically died. Posthumously honored with memorial signs, renaming of streets and awarded the Order of Freedom (2018).

Kyrylo Osmak — Head of the Underground Government of Ukraine

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.

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