State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1990.

The TV film "Crown with Life" tells about the history of the creation of the dendrological reserve "Trostianets" in Chernihiv region.

On the video: park, estate of Ivan Skoropadsky, various plans; excursion through the territory of the reserve, forests, Scythian women, monument "Broken Hopes", tells the history of the creation of the park; monument to Skoropadsky.

Reference: Dendrological Park "Trostianets" is a park-monument of landscape art of the mid-19th century, created by Ivan Skoropadsky. Located in Chernihiv region, it has the status of an object of national importance and is under the jurisdiction of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The territory covers over 200 hectares and includes a collection of introduced and local tree species.

Dendrological Reserve "Trostianets"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1992.

The documentary film ‘Treasury of Antiquity’ about the establishment of the Mezyn Folk Archaeological Research Museum.

In the video: views of the village of Mezyn in Chernihiv Oblast, the Vasyl Kurylenko Mezyn Archaeological Research Museum, exhibits (mammoth bones, maps, paintings, etc.), museum director Vasyl Kurylenko working and drawing, archive photographs, excavations. 

Colleagues talk about Vasyl Kurylenko and the museum: Oleksandr Motya, a staff member at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Doctor of Historical Sciences; and Oleksandr Burevyk, chairman of the ‘Avangard’ collective farm.

Mezin Archaeological Museum, 1992

April 1, 2019, Chernihiv region.

In the video: 207th district election commission, queue; members of precinct commissions have been standing since the previous night to hand in voting protocols and ballots; members of polling stations move inside the building, ballot boxes; processing of ballots.

Comments: member of the precinct election commission from Snovsky district Lyudmila Mastepan; members of the precinct election commission from Horodnyansky district Valentyna Yakutko, Nataliya Ryaboshtanova; head of the precinct election commission from Novgorod-Siversky district Lidia Starichenko; head of the Koryukiv district election commission Valentyna Matvienko; observer Valery Kosmach; emergency medical technician Tetyana Leshchenko.

Elections 2019: work of the election commission

26 March 2005, Chernihiv Oblast.

A report on two religious hermits. Winter, snow, the hermits’ hut, icons inside the hut, a stove, a dog, a well, a gas lamp, a snow-covered yard. Comments from the residents — Father Mykhailo and Oleksii.

Chernihiv religious hermits

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1990.

The film "Sonata" is dedicated to the Cossack family of the Lyzohubs and the cultural contribution of its representatives to the history of Ukraine.

On the video: a story about the Lyzohub family of different generations from the 17th century, historical references; photographs of the Lyzohubs; a tour of the Lyzohubs' house in Chernihiv region, a story about Taras Shevchenko's stay here; documents, photographs, museum exposition; a story about the composer Ilya Lyzohub; a historical reference about the revolutionary-populist, organizer of the "Land and Freedom" society, Dmytro Lyzohub.

Comments: inspector for the protection of monuments, Odesa Roman Shuvalov; foreman of the internal service of the Southern District No. 311/192, Odesa N. Kostetsky; projectionist, Sednev I. Pekur; tourists from the USA Mykola and Mary Sylychi.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: The Lyzohubs were a Ukrainian Cossack-starshyn, later noble family of the 17th–19th centuries, whose representatives held high military and administrative positions, and their estates were concentrated mainly in the Chernihiv and Poltava regions. The family included Andriy Lyzohub, close to Taras Shevchenko, as well as relatives of Mykola Gogol on the maternal line and a number of prominent statesmen and cultural figures.

The Cossack Family of the Lyzohubs

August 25, 1996, Chernihiv Oblast.

In the video: 169th Prince Yaroslav the Wise Training Center, various plans; tank exercises, training ground; commander of the combat training division talks about training on simulators; journalist on a tank.

Desna Training Center, 1996

2013, National Television Company of Ukraine. The programme ‘Koryukivka. Crime Against Humanity’ is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the largest punitive action in Europe during World War II.

The video features opening credits, comments from witnesses to the Koryukivka tragedy, newsreels, archival photographs, and documents.

Comments: Galina Danilko, partisan of the I. M. Bovkun ‘For the Motherland’ unit; Serhiy Butko, research fellow at the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance; Oksana Tolkachova, research fellow at the Koryukivka Historical Museum; students of the Koryukivka Gymnasium — Lyubov Blyznyuk, Yulia Bizhovets, Karolina Sitenka, Kateryna Korobko, Adelina Lopachuk; witnesses of the Koryukivka tragedy — Vira Hnatiuk, Viktor and Nina Korobko, Dina Korniievska, Iryna Tkachenko, Hanna Nekoval, Lidiia Troina, Volodymyr Kostyuk, Hanna Tykhonovska, Ivan Stelmakh.

Reference: The Koryukivka tragedy of 1-2 March 1943 was a brutal punitive operation during which the Nazis and their collaborators killed about 6,700 civilians in the village.

"Koryukivka. Crime against humanity"

Chernihiv Television. The program "Our Openings" from May 27, 1998 is dedicated to the artist-illustrator Volodymyr Konashevich.

On the video: children's fairy tales with illustrations by the artist, various publications; the artist's house; photographs of the artist, quotes from Volodymyr Konashevich's diaries, old photographs of Chernihiv; an exhibition of the artist's works.

The program consultant is art historian Tatyana Gasnashanskaya.

The host is Tatyana Myrhorodskaya.

Reference: Volodymyr Konashevich is a Soviet graphic artist, one of the leading masters of book illustration of the 20th century, the author of illustrations for the works of Samuil Marshak, Korney Chukovsky and other writers. In 1897–1908 he lived in Chernihiv, where he received his primary education and developed an interest in drawing, which influenced the further development of his creative activity in the field of easel and book graphics.

Artist-illustrator Volodymyr Konashevich

Chernihiv Regional State Television and Radio Company. News broadcast for 7 February 2014. Hosted by Nataliya Levochko.

Video: opening credits, presenter in the studio, stories: simplification of the taxpayer registration procedure, automatic VAT refunds and the introduction of electronic services; meeting between regional, representative and executive authorities and students planning to become civil servants; press conference with Oleksandr Motorny, deputy head of the regional traffic police department; meeting of the council of the regional organisation of Chernobyl victims with disabilities and creation of a book of remembrance for liquidators who have passed away; 9 February - Dentist's Day: regional children's dental clinic; meeting with Kyiv writers: Mykhailo Slaboshpytskyi and Yurii Shcherbak; The oldest sanatorium-type kindergarten ‘Barvinok’ for children with mild and fading forms of tuberculosis; Winter Olympic Games in Sochi; Shevchenko calendar; weather forecast.

News from Chernihiv for 7 February 2014

Chernihiv Regional State Television and Radio Company. News broadcast for 19 January 2016. Presenter: Natalia Rudenko.

Video: opening credits, presenter in the studio, stories: Epiphany celebrations in Chernihiv; military personnel bathing in an ice hole; new wave of mobilisation; commemorating the Heroes of Kruty and the Heroes of the Anti-Terrorist Operation; the situation on the roads of Chernihiv Oblast; signing of an agreement with the region's gas supplier, ChernihivGasZbut; the region's first territorial medical association; free master classes for internally displaced persons;  an exhibition of works by Serhiy and Natalia Tyschenko, ‘He and She,’ opened at the regional art museum.

News from Chernihiv for 19 January 2016

Shestovitsa Village, Chernihiv Oblast.

The plot from July 23, 2006 is dedicated to archaeological excavations and finds at the site of a medieval Viking settlement.

On the video: archaeological excavations, students and scientists at work; historical information on the finds from leading scientists; archaeological artifacts, various plans.

Comments: Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Petro Tolochko; employee of the international archaeological expedition Volodymyr Kovalenko.

Medieval Viking Settlement

State-owned enterprise ‘Ukrainian Television Film Studio ’Ukrtelevizor", 1976.

Video about the city of Chernihiv and its history. Contains elements of propaganda.

The video shows: shots of the city, Desna, transport, monuments, reconstruction of the Transfiguration Cathedral, Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky House, production, people relaxing in the park, children playing and riding on a carousel, cannons from the bastions of the Chernihiv Fortress, Chernihiv Polytechnic, the Shchors Cinema (now the Chernihiv Regional Youth Centre), Children's World, the House of Services (now the Central Department Store), the railway station, and the Druzhba shopping centre.