Chernivtsi State Television and Radio Company, 1998.

In the video: views of Vasyliv, the banks of the Dniester, historical artefacts relating to Vasyliv from the exhibitions at the Chernivtsi Local History Museum, fragments of an ancient white-stone church, a stone cross bearing inscriptions about the defeat of the Janissaries in 1698, a cave monastery, and karst caves in the area.

The history of the ancient settlement and the archaeological finds were commented on by specialists from the Bukovina Centre for Archaeological Research at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University: research fellow Bohdan Ridush and Serhiy Pyvovarov, Doctor of Historical Sciences (2007) and director of the centre (1998–2013).

The following people worked on the programme: Andrii Fantukh, Natalia Popovych, Viktor Verkholiak, Tetiana Kornieva, Viktor Tkachuk, Viacheslav Zhuk, Oleh Sveryda, Bohdan Ilnytskyi.

Vasyliv — a town in Galician Rus’

Chernivtsi Regional State Television and Radio Company, an episode of the programme ‘Palitra’ broadcast on 6 July 2001.

The programme features: festive events in Bukovina: celebrations of the Festival of Ivan Kupala in the T. Shevchenko Central Park of Culture, with traditional rituals performed by the ‘Vizerunok’ folk ensemble; the Petrivsky Fair marking the 150th anniversary of the Chernivtsi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an exhibition and sale of industrial goods, an exhibition of food and food-processing enterprises, a fashion show featuring designs from industrial enterprises, and commentary by Polina Chepishko, head of the city’s trade department; celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of Vyzhnytsia. In the ‘Poetic Stream’ section — an interview with the poet Oleksandr Dovbush.

Journalists — Antonina Fantukh, Vasyl Selezinka, Petro Khashchiyuk, Ihor Sverida, Yulia Milimonko, Nataliya Yaskevych.

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A Festive July in Bukovina

1999, Chernivtsi Television. The episode of the program "Dzherela" is dedicated to Saint Neptune.

On the video: celebration of the holiday of Neptune on the banks of the Cheremosh River, rafting, children's competitions, theatrical performance. Commentary by the head of the organizing committee of the holiday of Neptune, Volodymyr Zakharchuk.

Neptune's Feast, 1999

2001, Chernivtsi TV and Radio Company. Program "On the occasion of the holiday - Vyzhnytsia 500 years".

On video: festive events, a festive concert, an exhibition of the master of root plastic art Yuriy Pauchek, the Vyzhenka River.

Performances of groups: the "Chervona Kalina" circle, the "Smerichka" ensemble, the Vyzhnytsia People's Theater, Oleksandr Nikoryak and Yuliya Yukhno, the folk amateur dance ensemble "Smerechyna".

Comments: Vyzhnytsia City Mayor Dmytro Ivanchuk; First Deputy Mayor Mykola Shevchuk; Chernivtsi City Mayor Mykola Fedoruk; Head of the Vyzhnytsia District State Administration Yuriy Nikyforyak; soloist of the VIA "Smerichka" Myroslava Yezhelenko; head doctor of "Zeleny Pahorby" Vasyl Vatrych; head of the art school Volodymyr Voronchuk; artist Temistokle Virsta.

500 years old Vyzhnytsia

Chernivtsi Television. Newscast "News" from March 22, 2001.

On video: studio, announcement of newscast; story, journalist Yuriy Maksymyuk; "Youth of Bukovyna" palace, meeting of the head of the Chernivtsi regional state administration Teofil Bauer with entrepreneurs of the region; story; journalist Petro Golopapa; Kitsmansky district, village of Berehomet, agriculture, beginning of sowing campaign; farm, machinery; village, construction of church; story, journalist Viacheslav Myhalyuk; story dedicated to the Christian Republican Party; photo exhibition "People of War"; exhibition of paintings by artist Natalia Yarmolchuk; football story about FC "Bukovyna"; weather forecast.

Comments: head of the regional state administration Teofil Bauer; farmer Hryhoriy Rusnak; head of the regional Red Cross Society of Ukraine Tetyana Kornilovych.

Journalist — Zhanna Ivanovska.

"News": Chernivtsi, March 22, 2001

Chernivtsi Television, 2006. The program "Word from the Masters of the Word" is dedicated to the book exhibition "Book World of Bukovina" to the 15th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine.

On the video: book exhibition, sale of Ukrainian literature; speeches; poetry recitation, various poets and writers read excerpts from the classics of Ukrainian literature and their own works.

Comments: First Deputy Head of the Regional State Administration Viktor Pavlyuk; Publishing House "Bukrek" Daryna Tuz-Maksimets; poet Tamara Severnyuk; Professor of Chernivtsi National University Nadiya Babych; poet Vira Kitaygorodska; poet Vitaliy Kolodiy; poet Volodymyr Voznyuk; poet (russian-speaking) Semen Tsydelkivskyi; writer Heorhiy Shevchenko.

"Book World of Bukovina", 2006

1998, Chernivtsi Television. The program "The Landlord on Earth" is dedicated to the holiday "Vykhod na polonyna" in the village of Putyla.

In the video: nature, mountains, the Cheremosh River, polonyna, village, a solemn speech by the head of the Putyla District State Administration Stepan Murga at the stadium, a polonyna bonfire is burning, a Hutsul wedding.

Comments: Chairman of the board of the "Nove Zhitya" collective farm Dmitry Karapka; Chairman of the Putyla District State Administration Stepan Murga; Chairman of the board of the Lukyan Kobylytsy collective farm Tanasiy Leyba.

"Exit to the mountain range" in the village of Putyla

Chernivtsi Television. The program "Nature and Us" from June 2, 1997 is dedicated to the Bukovina State Medical Academy.

In the video: city ambulance station, plans of the hospital from the outside and inside; regional clinical cardiology dispensary, doctors transport a patient on medical gurneys; intensive care unit, provide assistance; cardiology dispensary, medical equipment; intensive care unit; doctors transport a patient on medical gurneys; provide assistance; medical equipment.

Comments: Head of the Department of Hospital Therapy No. 2 Viktor Tashchuk; Rector of the Bukovina State Medical Academy, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Viktor Pishak; Head of the Department of Pathological Physiology, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Valentyn Myslytsky.

Bukovina Medical Academy

1994, Chernivtsi Television. Folk Music Festival "Play, Music!". Host Oksana —Oksana Savchuk.

On the video: screensavers, the host's opening speech, performances of musical groups: folk amateur orchestra of folk instruments of the Central Palace of Culture of Chernivtsi "Bukovyna", director Honored Worker of Culture Ilya Misky; folk instrument orchestra of the village of Kadubivtsi, Zastavniv district, soloist Anna Melnychenko; folk instrument orchestra of the Hertsaiv House of Culture "Molod"; folk amateur orchestra of folk music of the village of Hlynytsia, Kitsman district, director Yuriy Bleschuk; "Izvorash" orchestra, director Volodymyr Sheremet; folk instrument orchestra of the Vyzhnytsky House of Culture; folk amateur orchestra of folk instruments of the Kitsman district House of Culture, director Vasyl Khmelnytsky.

Folk Music Festival "Play, Music!"

Chernivtsi Television. Broadcast "Days of Bukovina Culture in Kyiv" from April 30, 2004.

On video: performance of the Bukovina Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine; signboard "National Union of Artists of Ukraine", plans of the building from the outside and inside; exhibition of Bukovina artists, exhibits; Independence Square, Independence Monument "Oranta-Ukraine"; National House of Organ and Chamber Music, concert of soloists of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic: Svitlana Bardaus - organ, Olena Ursulyak - soprano, Ivan Derda - baritone, presenter Maria Fantukh; Cultural Center of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, concert of the theater-studio "Holos" ("Gerdan"), Ukrainian national costumes.

Comments: People's Artist of Ukraine Ivan Kholomenko; Executive Secretary of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Vasyl Perevalsky; Taras Shevchenko State Prize laureate Mykhailo Tkach; organist Svitlana Bardaus; residents of Bukovina Maria Hryhorovych, Mykola Shupenya; Honored Artist of Ukraine Ivan Derda; politician and scientist Heorhiy Filipchuk; artistic director of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic Ostap Savchuk; director of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic Petro Kazymyrchuk; director of the Cultural and Artistic Center of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Olena Zamostyan; film critic, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Kinoteatr" Larysa Bryukhovetska.

Days of Bukovina Culture in Kyiv

Chernivtsi Television, 1993. The program “What I See,” hosted by Vasyl Selezinka.

The video features an interview with Harafyna Makoviy, a folklore teacher from the village of Velykyi Kuchuriv in the Storozhynets District. She discusses the books *The Golden Wreath from Grandma’s Chest* and *The Trampled Blossom*, as well as education, interaction with nature, folk healing, faith in God, and a connection with nature. 

Interviewers: Halyna Tarasyuk, writer; Ivan Kholomeniuk, artist. 

Background: Garafyna Makoviy was born on February 2, 1949, in the village of Velykyi Kuchuriv, Chernivtsi Oblast. She worked as a teacher of Ukrainian language, literature, and folklore in her native village. She founded the “Berehynia” Museum of Everyday Life and Ethnography at the school.

She has written over a thousand publications on local history and research about her native region, as well as literary essays, personal observations, and reflections on the topics of upbringing, pedagogy, and morality. She has published books on folklore based on her research of her native village. 

Starting in the 1990s, she began holding private sessions, revealing to people the “secret of sin,” which she claimed had been revealed to her through a direct divine revelation. In 1995, she founded the “Fakel” society and the publishing house of the same name, began publishing the nationwide ethnographic newspaper “Economically Pious Herald,” and ceased holding private consultations.

In 2003, her 18-year-old daughter Maria died. Following this, Garafina Makoviy founded the “Torch in Memory of Maria” Folklore and Educational Center to replace the “Torch” Society. The publishing house also adopted the same name.

She died on March 13, 2021, and was buried in Velykyi Kuchuriv.

Interview with Harafyna Makoviy: 1993

Chernivtsi Television, 1995. The episode of the program "People and Destinies" is dedicated to an interview with the Ukrainian Soviet party figure, head of the Chernivtsi Regional Executive Committee Viktor Lenchynsky.

On the video: landscapes of Chernivtsi, city streets, Prut River, Theater Square, Chernivtsi Regional Council; Lenchynsky's apartment, books, home photo archive of the Lenchynsky family; talks about his life, family, shares memories of the German-Soviet war, construction in cities, construction of a nuclear power plant, other pages of his life.

Reference: Viktor Lenchynsky is a Ukrainian Soviet party figure, a participant in the German-Soviet war, after which he devoted his career to industrial and party work in the Luhansk and Chernivtsi regions. For over sixteen years he headed the executive committee of the Chernivtsi Regional Council of People's Deputies, was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR of four convocations.