6 December 2002, Kyiv.

The video shows an exhibition at the Church Archaeological Museum at the Kyiv Theological Academy. Exhibition hall, exhibits (paintings, icons, crosses, documents, canvases, etc.), visitors singing ‘Many Years’.

Comments: Iryna Shulz, head of the Department of Art Studies at the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve; Gleb Ivakin, archaeologist, leading researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (since 2018 — Honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine).

Church Archaeological Museum

9 December 2007, Kyiv.

The video shows the aftermath of a crash involving a Czech private plane near Zhuliany Airport. Night-time, crash site, plane wreckage, destroyed building, rescue services at work, ambulances, charred body.

Reference: On 9 December 2007, a Beechcraft B9L/C90 King Air private plane crashed near Zhuliany Airport in Kyiv while performing a charter flight from the Czech city of Hradec Králové to Kyiv. All five people on board were killed in the crash — two crew members and three passengers, all of whom were Czech citizens. The causes of the accident are believed to be poor weather conditions and a descent below the safe level during the approach to the runway.

Crash of a Czech aircraft in Zhuliany

6 December 2013, Kyiv.

A plot about victims of clashes between Euromaidan activists and Berkut special police officers. Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, victims in hospital wards, footage of clashes, press conference of Berkut officers, injured journalist Yuriy Butusov, protesters on Independence Square.

Comments: injured activist Yaroslav Radon; injured journalist Yuriy Butusov; sister of arrested protester Khristina Previr; chief physician of the city clinical emergency hospital Oleksandr Tkachenko; Berkut employee Andriy; head of the Central Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Hanna Kovalenko.

Victims of clashes on Maidan Square

Volyn Television. The program "Chornobyl: Memory Zone" from December 14, 2014 focuses on interviews with liquidators of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident.

In the video: archival footage of the city of Pripyat before the accident and scenes of everyday life; video materials documenting the liquidation of the consequences of the Chornobyl NPP accident; liquidators describe the sequence of events, their duties during the response, and the process of covering the destroyed reactor; contemporary views of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and the ruins of Pripyat.

Comments: liquidators of the Chornobyl NPP accident of Category II Yuriy Selivanov, Ihor Talko, Zinaida Navrotska.

Host — Natalia Petruk.

Reference: The liquidators of the Chornobyl accident include military personnel, state employees, and civilian specialists involved in mitigating the consequences of the 1986 explosion within the Exclusion Zone. Category I comprises individuals who worked directly near the destroyed reactor in 1986–1987 and received the highest radiation doses. Category II includes participants responsible for decontamination, construction of protective structures, evacuation of the population, and infrastructure restoration during a later period or in areas with lower radiation levels.

"Chornobyl: Memory Zone": Memories of Liquidators

6 December 2016, Kyiv.

Video of the presentation of state awards to military personnel on Ukrainian Armed Forces Day at the Presidential Administration. A hall filled with military personnel, awards, the national anthem playing, a speech by President Petro Poroshenko, the award ceremony.

Awarding of military personnel on Armed Forces Day

6 December 2016, Kyiv.

The video shows a patriotic musical flash mob dedicated to the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Railway station, military personnel, the Khreshchatyk academic chamber choir and representatives of public organisations of ATO veterans singing, train schedule board, spectators on the station steps, military speech, station building.

Flash mob for Ukrainian Armed Forces Day


State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1989.

The documentary "On the Milky Way" is dedicated to the life and traditions of Ukrainians in Central and Northern Ukraine along the trade and caravan route of the same name.

On the video: ethnographic expedition to the villages of Sumy region; interviews with residents who talk about beliefs, crafts and economy, about the Chumak fishing; burial traditions of peasants in Rivne region, a fragment of the folk rite "Carrying a Bush" in the village of Svarytsevichi; interview with Petro Shelest; expedition to the Solovetsky Monastery, the grave of the koshev ataman of the Zaporozhye Lowland Army Petro Kalnyshevsky; folk songs, reflections of peasants about the degradation of modern society and the importance of preserving local traditions.

"On the Milky Way": Ukrainian traditions

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1993.

The film "Ancient Times" from the "History of Ukraine" series is dedicated to the ancient history of Ukraine from the Paleolithic era to the ancient Slavs. It tells about the religious and aesthetic consciousness of primitive people, the evolution of forms of tools, decorative and household items and armorial decoration characteristic of the local population.

On the video: a story about the life of Paleolithic and Mesolithic people in the territories of Ukraine, the "Neolithic revolution", animal husbandry and agriculture; monuments of Trypillian culture, ceramics, features of urban planning; archaeological finds, an exposition of the National Museum of History of Ukraine; nomadic tribes in the territories of Ukraine, tells about the Cimmerians, Sarmatians and Scythians, Scythian gold, various plans; legends about the Ros River, ancient Slavs, Martyniv treasure, pagan beliefs; landscapes of Kyiv.

Scientific consultant of the film — Doctor of Historical Sciences Dmytro Telegin.

Ancient History of Ukraine

The musical film “Siyasya, Rodysya” was produced by Lviv Television in 1969. It was commissioned by the Soviet authorities to mark the 30th anniversary of the “annexation” of Western Ukrainian lands. 

The characters in the film are the Baiko sisters: Nina, Maria, and Danyla, as well as Zinovya, Irina, and their mother, Magdalina Pavlivna. According to the script, the sisters travel to the mountains to visit their mother during the New Year celebrations. 

The video shows Lviv, city streets, winter scenes of Lviv, Christmas trees, children playing snowballs, people skiing, riding sleds on mountain forest roads, the characters decorating a Christmas tree at their mother's house, singing, carolers entering the house, New Year's celebrations in a cafe, opening champagne, dancing, and singing. 

Screenplay by Myroslav Skochylas, directed by Roman Oleksiv, cinematography by Yevhen Chekh, art direction by A. Pavliuk, film director Taras Brykaylo. The film features songs by composers Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi, Myroslav Skoryk, Bohdan Yanivskyi, and Oleksandr Bilash, performed by the Baiko sisters.

The film contains elements of Soviet propaganda. 

"Sow and be born" is a film musical

6 December 1997, Kyiv.

A play about a cat show. Owners with cats of different breeds, visitors. 

Cat show, 1997

4 October 2015, Kyiv.

In the video: exhibits from the aviation and cosmonautics history section of the State Polytechnic Museum at the National Technical University of Ukraine ‘KPI’, exhibits and models of engines and helicopters, archival photographs and posters, a helicopter on the grounds, a monument to aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky, and an abandoned historical landmark — the Sikorsky Estate.

KPI Aviation Museum

13 November 2014, Kyiv.

A video of a quick survey of Ukrainians about whether they speak English and at what level. Independence Square, Khreshchatyk Street.

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