Video from the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

August 20, 1991, Kyiv.

On the video: a press conference of the participants of the People's Rada, dedicated to the events in the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Yemets talks about the results of the meeting of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada, reads out the statement of the Presidium, talks about the opposition, the resolution of the State Emergency Committee, the state of emergency in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, measures of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR to protect the consumer market; speech by Volodymyr Yavorivskyi about the events in Moscow, reads out a separate statement from seven members of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR (Dmytro Pavlychko, Volodymyr Yavorivskyi, Volodymyr Hrynyov, Les Tanyuk, Igor Yukhnovskyi, Oleksandr Yemets, Volodymyr Pylypchuk), answers a journalist's question; Vyacheslav Chornovil reports that as of 5 p.m., Boris Yeltsin's candidacy in Russia has been supported by the regions of the RSFSR; comments on the readiness of the Donetsk region to strike; mentions the end of a large rally in Lviv; speech by Volodymyr Filenko on the results of a joint meeting of representatives of the People's Council and political parties and public organizations of a democratic orientation, the need to create a joint appeal, reads out the appeal; discussion on the creation of a coalition of a democratic orientation; speech by Ivan Zayts on the statement of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR; Levko Lukyanenko on the position of democratic forces, speaks about the need to inform people on the ground, to mobilize them for meetings, rallies, and strikes; speech by Valery Khmelko informs about events from the Russian parliament; the representative of Czechoslovakia reads out the statement of President Vaclav Havel on the situation in the USSR and the statement of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia on the division of the USSR; Vitaliy Portnikov speaks, comments on the telephone conversation between Yeltsin and Yanayev; the chairman of the meeting reads out a statement by the President of Georgia (Sakartvelo) Zviad Gamsakhurdia; reads out the appeal of the Ukrainian Student Union to the people of Ukraine, reads out the response of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada (the association of RUH supporters) to the RUH appeal regarding Roman Zvarych’s false testimony about Volodymyr Yavorivskyi; a question from a journalist, answered by Volodymyr Yavorivskyi; reading out the application from the Ukrainian Interparty Assembly: Vyacheslav Chornovil reads out a note.

Comments: member of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Yemets; writer, member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union Volodymyr Yavorivskyi; people’s deputy from the Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine (PDVU) Volodymyr Filenko; deputy chairman of the Council of Collegiums of the People’s Rukh Ivan Zayets; People's Deputy, member of the People's Movement and its Great Council Vyacheslav Chornovil; Head of the Republican Scientific and Practical Sociological Center of the Sociological Association of Ukraine Valeriy Khmelko.

Press conference of the People's Rada, August 20, 1991

January 28, 2003, Brussels.

The plot is dedicated to the presentation of the Donetsk region on industrial and economic cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union.

On the video: Brussels, the European Parliament building; a stand with brochures about the industrial production of the Donetsk region; Donetsk, the port in Mariupol; the Azovstal plant, various plans of the workshops; views of Brussels.

Commented by the head of the Donetsk regional state administration, Anatoliy Blyznyuk.

Presentation of the Donetsk region in Brussels

April 30, 2003, Donetsk region.

The plot is dedicated to the working trip of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych on the technical and economic development of the eastern regions of Ukraine.

On the video: Donetsk region, Donetsk city, Mariupol, working meeting with the administration of enterprises of the Donetsk region; Dokuchaevsky flux-dolomite plant, production; Azovstal plant, meeting with the administration.

Comments: Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Journalist — Lyudmila Spivak.

Viktor Yanukovych at Azovstal

Khmelnytskyi Television. The program "Elections-1998" from March 11, 1998 is devoted to instructions on filling out ballots.

Nina Panasyuk, head of the organizational department of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration, explains how to fill out a ballot.

How to fill out a ballot

Lviv Television, March 4, 1991. Video in color, no sound.

On the video: Lviv, airport, plane, Leonid Kravchuk descends the gangway; departure to the city; people near the airport with blue-yellow flags, Ivan Hel, Mykola Horyn, Vyacheslav Chornovil present; meeting in the regional council hall, Chornovil speaks, Kravchuk is presented with a mace, Kravchuk's speech, questions from the audience; meeting with people, Kravchuk's speech in another city hall; arrival at the main building of the Lviv Polytechnic, meeting with rector Yuriy Rudavsky, communication with teachers and the public; shots from the car, village houses, Kravchuk and representatives of the regional authorities, a woman draws water from a well, meeting with villagers; columns of transport on the highway to the Polish border, Kravchuk and Chornovil communicate with people; another meeting in the hall, Kravchuk's speech, questions, notes, posters on the wall: "Freedom to Stepan Khmara!", "Ukraine to be independent!", "Today's agreement is a bondage for Ukraine!", blue-yellow flag.

Leonid Kravchuk's visit to Lviv, 1991

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2008.

Interview with the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on the occasion of Youth Day.

On the video: a conversation about Ukrainian youth, its potential and priorities of youth policy; education in villages; admission campaign to Ukrainian universities, state support for applicants; demographic situation in Ukraine; features of youth and patriotic education.

Hosted by Acting President of the National Television of Ukraine Vasyl Ilashchuk.

Interview with Viktor Yushchenko on the occasion of Youth Day

2009, National Television Company of Ukraine. Broadcast of the program “Audience.” Guest of the program — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Nigeria to Ukraine Ibrahim Pad Kasai. Host — Nadiya Baziv.

In the video: opening credits, host's stand-up, archival video footage from Nigeria, ambassador's audience, interview with the ambassador and his wife Amina Kasai (geopolitical and economic characteristics of Nigeria, oil industry, government actions to stabilize the situation in the country, life in Ukraine, etc.).

"Audience": Interview with the Ambassador of Nigeria

Kyiv, August 22, 1991.

Video footage of a press conference held by members of the People's Council regarding the attempted coup d'état; the hall, the presidium, speeches.

Comments: presidium chair, deputy chair of the Movement Oleksandr Lavrynovych; first deputy chair of the People's Council Volodymyr Filenko; Movement deputy Les Taniuk; chair of the Kyiv Coordination Council of the Movement Volodymyr Yavorivsky.

Video from the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

Kendzior Archives: People's Council Press Conference

Kyiv, 2016. Conciliation Council of the heads of factions and committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The meeting is chaired by Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy. In the video: deputies gather for the meeting, Parubiy opens the meeting, Yuriy Boyko speaks. 

Oleg Lyashko speaks, talking about European integration, saying that Boyko travels “around Moscow's regional committees” and calling him part of “Yanukovych's gang.” Yuriy Boyko hits Lyashko, who fights back. 

Fight between Lyashko and Boyko: conciliation council of faction leaders

January 10, 2014, Kyiv.

A report dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk. Interview with Kravchuk, archival video materials, Verkhovna Rada, exhibition of photographs of Kravchuk from his personal archive. Comments: Doctor of Historical Sciences Stanislav Kulchytsky; Head of the Art Arsenal Natalia Zabolotna.

Leonid Kravchuk's 80th birthday

November 11, 2010. Comment by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on opposition representatives in local government.

Yanukovych on the opposition in local government

November 22, 2010, Brussels.

The plot is dedicated to the 14th summit of the European Union in Brussels and the discussion of the agreement on visa-free regime for Ukraine.

On the video: Brussels, the meeting place, handshake of the President of the European Council and the President of Ukraine; a fragment of the meeting, receiving an action plan on visa-free regime for Ukraine.

Comments: President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych; President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.

Journalist — Serhiy Nikiforov.

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