April 15, 2025, Chernihiv.

In the video: Patron dog and the dog owner on a walk, different plans; interview with Mykhailo Iliev, talks about Patron's duties in the State Emergency Service, the importance of proper communication with children about the problems of mining and the rules of conduct with explosive devices, as well as the peculiarities of dog training.

Comments are made by the owner of Patron dog, head of the pyrotechnics section of the underwater and humanitarian demining of the emergency rescue detachment of the special purpose of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Chernihiv region Mykhailo Iliev.

Reference: Patron dog is a service explosives-sniffing dog, which since 2022 has become the official symbol of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the International Coordination Center for Humanitarian Demining. His image is used as an element of public communication and information strategy aimed at raising public awareness of mine risk issues. He has also become a national symbol that personifies support for humanitarian initiatives.

Patron dog — mascot of the State Emergency Service rescuers

December 29, 2008, Chernihiv region.

In the video: farm, cows in the yard, a cowshed; numbered calves, different shots, a cowshed, farm workers feeding cows; a worker talks about cow breeds, shows twin calves, animal feed.

Dairy farm in Chernihiv region

6 February 2004, Senkivka, Chernihiv Oblast.

The video shows the Chernihiv border guard detachment and the Senkivka checkpoint. Winter, snow, checkpoint, a line of cars, border guards with dogs checking trucks, the Monument of Friendship of Nations, road signs on the border with Belarus and Russia, the highway, the Chernihiv border guard detachment headquarters, the territory of the military unit, the ‘Girsk’ border guard post, border guards in the forest.

Chernihiv border guard post ‘Senkovka’

November 8, 2007, Chernihiv.

In the video: Cathedral of St. Great Martyr Catherine, tents of representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate protesting against the restoration near the church, police officers, various plans; protesters; ancient clothing from the church's funds, a woman talks about the need to restore church clothing, furniture and other interior items of the church; ancient objects in the cathedral destroyed by insects and mold.

Reference: In 2006–2007, the confrontation between the communities of the Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates escalated around the Catherine's Church in Chernihiv, when representatives of the UOC-MP set up a picket tent and blocked access to the church. The prolonged blockade led to damage to the heating system, which caused the destruction of elements of the building and damage to museum exhibits.

Restoration of St. Catherine's Cathedral

11 December 2004, Dereviny, Chernihiv Oblast.

Video of the opening of a new border post. Line-up, marching band, military transport, equipment, post construction, guard on duty. Commentary by Major General Boris Marchenko of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Chernihiv border guard post

September 27, 2006, Baturyn, Chernihiv region.

A plot about an archaeological find — the remains of the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity. Archaeologists at the excavation site, the remains of the cathedral's foundation, human remains. Comments: head of the archaeological expedition Volodymyr Kovalenko; executive director of the Hetman Capital Charitable Foundation Mykola Butko.

Reference: The Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity was the main church of Baturyn, built with funds from Ivan Mazepa around 1690–1692 on the territory of the Fortress. After the destruction of the city in 1708, the cathedral remained in ruins for a long time and was later dismantled. In the 2000s, archaeologists explored the remains of the temple, and it was later restored as part of the Hetman Capital National Reserve.

Remains of the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity

Chernihiv Television. The January 14, 2007 issue of the "Meeting for You" program is dedicated to an interview with the head of the Department of Culture of the Chernihiv City Council, Oleg Vasyuta.

Talks about local musical groups, the cultural heritage of the Chernihiv region, and future plans.

Host — Lyubov Bondaruk.

Reference: Oleg Vasyuta is a Ukrainian musicologist, conductor, cultural figure, candidate of art history. He has been the head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Chernihiv City Council since 2003. He is the author of scientific works on the musical life of the Chernihiv region, the initiator of artistic projects, and a researcher of the kobzar tradition.

"Meeting for You": Oleg Vasyuta

Chernihiv Television. The 2007 edition of the program "Chernihiv Region in the Life of the Famous" is dedicated to the history of creativity and life of the People's Artist of Ukraine, bandura player Valentyna Parkhomenko.

The video includes an interview with Valentyna Parkhomenko, photos from her personal archive, and song performances.

Author and presenter — Tetyana Myrhorodska.

Reference: Valentina Parkhomenko is a Ukrainian bandurist, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1979). She performed as part of the bandurist trio "Dnipryanka" of the Kyiv Philharmonic, and participated in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident. She is an active member of the Chernihiv Fellow Countrymen in Kyiv society.

"Dnipryanka": bandura player Valentyna Parkhomenko

March 24, 2008, Desna village, Chernihiv region.

On the video: military exercises, practicing interaction with a tank; pulling a wounded man from the battlefield, a sergeant controls the execution of tasks; mining; training class, soldiers study instructions; award ceremony; training on guns.

"Desna" training ground: military exercises

December 17, 2005, Nizhyn city, Chernihiv region.

The story is dedicated to the grand opening of the Nizhyn cucumber monument.

In the video: people dance near a barrel of Nizhyn cucumbers; tasting cucumbers and other preserves; an actress in the image of Catherine II arrives for the celebration and tastes cucumbers; grand opening of the monument.

Comments: senior engineer-technologist of the Nizhyn cannery Tetyana Lomeiko; poet-humorist, author of the project Oleg Drachuk.

Opening of the Cucumber Monument

May 27, 2003, Novhorod-Siverske, Chernihiv region.

The plot is about the Novhorod-Siverske pre-trial detention center for persons convicted of particularly serious crimes (since 2008, Novhorod-Siverske Penitentiary Institution No. 31). The Transfiguration Monastery, the Desna River, the detention center building, prisoners on the territory, barbed wire, bars, corridors, prisoners' cells, kitchen, church. Comments from prisoners.

Novhorod-Siverskiy detention center

February 25, 2007, Chernihiv region.

On the video: state border, checkpoint "Slavutich" near the village of Shmayivka; border guards with dogs inspect cars; the squad returns in white camouflage coats; an ambulance passes; document checking continues, various plans are shown; checkpoint from different angles; work logs, regulatory documents; inspection of the truck's cargo is recorded.