Cultural News. The plot from April 7, 2015 is dedicated to the history of the First National and the introduction of a public broadcaster in Ukraine.

In the video: Petro Poroshenko's speech; comments on independent broadcasting in Ukraine; the concept of reforming public broadcasting, presentation; comments from employees of the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine.

Comments: President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko; Director General of the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine Zurab Alasania; TV presenters Ilona Dovgan, Olga Gerasymyuk, Mykola Veresen; media expert Yevhen Hlibovytskyi; head of the advertising agency Olena Taraday.

Journalist — Ivan Ilnytskyi.

Reference: The actual introduction of a public broadcaster in Ukraine began only in 2015, after the adoption and entry into force of the Law of Ukraine "On Public Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine". It was in 2015 that the state began the institutional transformation of state television and radio organizations into the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine.

Public Broadcasting in Ukraine

Kyiv, January 2007. Rally outside the Kyiv City Administration against increases in utility rates.

In the video: people with BYuT flags and “Our Ukraine” symbols, a woman with a megaphone, a poster reading “Lyonya, come out to the people,” people with other posters, the rally, various shots, the entrance to the Kyiv City Administration, a banner reading “Kyiv residents no longer believe Chernovetskyi,” a police officer with a loudspeaker, Klitschko with government officials at the entrance, a tent, a performance during the rally, people carrying a gallows and an axe along Khreshchatyk Street, dismantling the stage. 

Protest against tariff increases: Kyiv, 2007

16 May 2005, Kyiv.

A plot about the search for information on American citizens who went missing during the Korean and Vietnam wars. US Army Sergeant Michael Lunini talks to war veterans, black-and-white newsreel footage. Comments: Korean War analyst Michael Lunini; Vietnam War veteran Georgy Ivanov; military commissar of the Kyiv region Alexander Yurchenko.

US Army sergeant searches for those missing in action

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1995.

The TV film "Palaces of Podillya" is dedicated to the outstanding palace buildings of the 16th–19th centuries in the territory of Podillya.

On the video: the city of Tulchyn, Vinnytsia region, the Potocki palace; the Grokholsky-Mozhaysky palace in the village of Voronovytsia, Vinnytsia region; the Chikhachev palace in the village of Mytky, Vinnytsia region; the castle of Count Kholonevsky in the village of Ivanovi, Khmelnytsia region.

The author of the script is Volodymyr Rabenchuk. The director of the picture is Volodymyr Trygubov.

TV film "Palaces of Podillya"

May 19, 2005, Maksymivka village, Ternopil region.

A plot about financial problems in the countryside. Apple orchard, stork's nest, vegetable garden, meeting of government officials, field cultivation. Comments: farmer Mykhailo Khomyshak; farmer's wife Zinovia Khomyshak; secretary of the Maksymivka village council Iryna Sulyk; Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko; Minister of Agrarian Policy Oleksandr Baranivskyi; head of the "Investments" working group, president of OJSC "Kinto" Serhiy Oksanych.

Village problems

Kyiv, National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, January 20, 2020.

A meeting of “cyborgs” on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Donetsk Airport. 

In the video: the museum's memorial complex, exhibits from the DAP and personal belongings of the defenders, installations, a concert program for the military, and the sculpture “Motherland”. Speech by the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 80th Airmobile Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Valeriy Kurko.

Comments: DAP defender; soldier of the 8th company of the 3rd battalion of the 80th airmobile brigade Yaroslav “Patriot” Bilous; former commander of the 8th airborne company of the 3rd battalion of the 80th airmobile brigade, retired captain Oleksandr Skyba; children of the defenders and schoolchildren.


Meeting of “cyborgs” on Memorial Day

A story about reforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine: reducing troop numbers, transferring military towns, and paying severance to laid-off military personnel.

The video shows: a meeting of the commission on reforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a speech by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, military exercises, a helicopter in the sky, and a speech by Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk. 

Reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 2004

2013, National Television Company of Ukraine. The documentary film "Ukrainian Helsinki Union - the vector is determined" tells about the emergence and course of the dissident movement in the USSR and Ukraine, the emergence of the Declaration of Human Rights in the Soviet Union, the creation of a public-political and human rights organization in Ukraine, as well as the processes of democratization of society. The second film.

On the video: screensavers, archival video materials. Comments: political prisoner, head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union in 1988-1990 Levko Lukyanenko; political prisoner, wife of the founder of the UHU Mykola Rudenko Raisa Rudenko; political prisoner, head of the Kyiv organization of the UHU Oles Shevchenko; political prisoner, head of the Zhytomyr regional organization of the UHU Vasyl Ovsienko; political prisoner, co-founder of the UHU, head of the Lviv regional organization of the UHU Bohdan Horyn.

Author: Volodymyr Kachur.

Ukrainian Helsinki Union. Film Two

2013, National Television Company of Ukraine. The documentary film "Ukrainian Helsinki Union - the vector is determined" tells about the emergence and course of the dissident movement in the USSR and Ukraine, the emergence of the Declaration of Human Rights in the Soviet Union, the creation of a public-political and human rights organization in Ukraine, as well as the processes of democratization of society. The first film.

On the video: screensavers, archival video materials. Comments: political prisoner, head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union in 1988-1990 Levko Lukyanenko; political prisoner, wife of the founder of the UHU Mykola Rudenko Raisa Rudenko; political prisoner, head of the Kyiv organization of the UHU Oles Shevchenko; political prisoner, head of the Zhytomyr regional organization of the UHU Vasyl Ovsienko; political prisoner, co-founder of the UHU, head of the Lviv regional organization of the UHU Bohdan Horyn.

Author: Volodymyr Kachur.

Ukrainian Helsinki Union. Film One

2016, Lviv Television. The programme ‘Lessons’ is dedicated to the tragic events in the Republic of Lithuania on 11-13 January 1991. Hosted by Yaroslav Kendzor.

The video contains sensitive content.

The video includes: opening credits, studio, introduction by Yaroslav Kendzor, an archived episode of the programme ‘Parliamentary Studio’ from 11 January 2011, archived footage of the events during the storming of the television centre in Vilnius by Soviet troops and the confrontation with Lithuanians over their desire for independence. Studio guests: Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine Vytautas Piatras; Deputy Ambassador Marius Janukonis.

Background: The events of 11–13 January 1991 in Vilnius, known as the January events, were an attempt by the Soviet authorities to use force to prevent Lithuania from leaving the USSR. Soviet troops stormed the TV tower and other strategic objects in the city; as a result of the confrontation, 14 civilians were killed and hundreds were wounded. These events accelerated the international recognition of Lithuania's independence and became a symbol of resistance to the Soviet regime.

Video from Yaroslav Kendzor's personal archive.

The seizure of the television center in Vilnius, 1991

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1994. Documentary film from the series "Ukrainian Night of 33...". The first film - "Fear or Ukrainization", tells about one of the main organizers of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in Ukraine, Stalin's repressions, the defeat of the Ukrainian national revival, the destruction of church architecture and the curtailment of the policy of Ukrainization - Pavlo Postyshev.

On the video: screensavers, testimonies of residents of the Poltava village of Yaresky, black and white chronicle footage of Kharkiv and russia in 1933.

"Ukrainian Night of 33...: Fear or Ukrainization"

2018, PJSC ‘NSTU’. Episode from the series ‘Declassified History’. Topic: ‘Stalin's death: cannibalism or “effective manager”’. Author and host — Oleksandr Zinchenko.

In the video: opening credits; studio discussion; newsreel footage: newspapers with the news of Stalin's death, mourning rallies in Kyiv and other republics of the USSR, the 1920s, a brief account of the post-war nuclear programme of the USSR, the development of cosmonautics, Stalin's empire, the period of the ‘Great Terror’, deportation, Stalin's funeral.
Studio guests: psychiatrist Oleg Chaban; historians: Oleksandr Lysenko, Roman Podkur, Oleg Bazhan. 

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