December 17, 2006, the village of Cherepkivtsi, Chernivtsi region.

The video shows a control point across the state border of Ukraine on the border with Romania - Vadul Siret.  Customs, the sign “Customs Control Zone”, border guards, confiscated items: antiques, icons, badges; parking lot, duty-free, information boards, the stele “Ukraine”, gates, pillars.

Vadul-Syretska customs office

Chernivtsi, Realii program, a story about the Kalynivskyi market.

In the video: stalls, pavilions, shops, cafes, banks; archival video of the market in the 90s. Interviews: entrepreneurs Maria Sorochan, Bohdan Basyuk, Yurii Ostapovych, private entrepreneur; Vasyl Mykolaychuk, deputy director general of the market; Ivan Rynzhuk, director general of the market. 

For reference: the total area of Kalynivskyi market in Chernivtsi is 39.5 hectares. It consists of eight sectors and has more than 10,000 trading places. The market forms a significant part of the city budget and is one of the largest markets in Ukraine. 

Kalynivskyi market: 2005

Chernivtsi, 1996, Kalynivskyi market. 

In the video: the Prut river, overhead view of the market, trade pavilions, stalls, people choosing goods, parking, carpets being sold, road through the market, taxi.

For reference: the total area of Kalynivskyi market in Chernivtsi is 39.5 hectares. It consists of eight sectors and has more than 10,000 retail spaces. The market forms a significant part of the city budget and is one of the largest markets in Ukraine. 

Kalynivskyi market in 1996

February 23, 2014, Chernivtsi. 

The video shows the funeral of Maidan Hero Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk: photos of the fallen Maidan Heroes, people lighting candles, taking out the body, people shouting “Glory to the Heroes!”; the funeral procession heading to the Central Square; the farewell liturgy, speeches by people, priests of all denominations; people shouting “Hero”, “Glory to the Heroes”, singing the anthem of Ukraine” from the Central Square, the funeral procession heading down Holovna Street, Chervonoarmiyska Street (now called the Maidan Heroes) to the Central Cemetery. Main Street, Krasnoarmeyskaya Street (now called Heroes of the Maidan) to the Central Cemetery; people shout “Hero”, “Glory to Heroes”, “Heroes do not die”; a funeral service at the cemetery; fireworks in the sky; a funeral.

Interview: Stanislav Kozak, a combatant in Afghanistan; Vasyl Tsyhanenko, a participant of the Maidan; Olha, daughter of Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk; residents of Chernivtsi. 

Part of the interview is in russian. 

Farewell to the  Oleksandr Shcherbanyuk. Part 2 

Chernivtsi, 1975.

The Legmash plant, a Komsomol youth team of locksmiths working in workshop No. 5.

The video shows a propaganda poster, a poster with the text of a socialist pledge, and locksmiths at work at the machines.

Young locksmiths participate in social competitions

March 15, 2014, Chernivtsi.

The video is a report from the Realii program, showing the farewell to the Maidan hero Vasyl Aksenin. Interview: Maria Usachova, sister of Vasyl Aksenin's wife; Ruslan, a resident of Chernivtsi; Vasyl, a former colleague; Oleksiy Kolomiyets, head of the Chernivtsi regional association “Automaidan”.

Farewell to the Vasyl Aksenin

Khotyn city, Chernivtsi region. 1975.

In the video Khotyn Fortress, former Soviet underground member Matviy Tampolara talks about the resistance to the German-Romanian occupation.

Reference: Matviy Tampolara is a Ukrainian Soviet figure, a production innovator, a foreman of the cooperage shop at the Khotyn brewery. An active participant in the Khotyn uprising of 1919 and the underground Komsomol organization in August 1941. After the war, he held deputy positions.

Chronicle of 1975. Underground members of Khotyn

Chernivtsi region, 1971.

In the wickerwork, sewing, and weaving shops of the Yurii Fedkovych collective farm, baskets, handbags, curtains, decorative capes, and towels are made. The craftsmen are Semen Zahol, Ivan Kuzenko, Tanasiia Shveyko, Mykola and Hryhorii Ivanchuk, Anna and Mykhailo Martynovskyi, Semen Andriuk, Olena Koroliuk, Vasylyna Miglii, Mariia Kus, and Paraska Kuzenko.

Products of the collective farm named after Yuriy Fedkovych

March 19, 2004, Chortoriya village, Chernivtsi region.

In the video: the house from different angles, the courtyard of the Ivan Mykolaychuk Memorial Museum-Estate, a plaque; Ivan Mykolaychuk's mother - Kateryna Oleksiivna; a bust of the actor, a viburnum bush; photos of Mykolaychuk from the family's personal archive; an exposition of the house, dishes; Mykolaychuk's family singing songs; views of the village, a church, swans on a pond.

Ivan Mykolaychuk Museum-Estate

February 23, 2014, Chernivtsi. 

The video shows the funeral of Maidan Hero Oleksandr Shcherbanyuk: Theater Square, the Central Palace of Culture, people meet the funeral cortege, Chernivtsi residents say goodbye to the Hero, a line of people, photos of the fallen Heroes of the Maidan, people light candles. 

Interview: Natalia, wife of Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk; Vasyl Tsyhanenko, participant of the Maidan; Ihor Shykhov, friend of Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk; Mykhailo Kolomiets, head of the Chernivtsi city organization of the Afghanistan Veterans Union; Illya Horbatiuk, participant of the fighting in Afghanistan; Tamara Minchenko, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine; Halyna Vynohradova, head of the Batkivshchyna party faction in the Shevchenkivskyi District Council of Chernivtsi; Oksana Savchuk and Ivan Kavatsiuk, the Pysanka duo; Mykola Kyryliuk, a member of the Chernivtsi City Council; Olha, daughter of Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk; and Chernivtsi residents. 

Part of the interview is in russian. 

Farewell to Oleksandr Shcherbaniuk. Part 1 

Chernivtsi, 1996. The program “Photograph” dedicated to Valentine's Day. 

The video shows winter, Krasnoarmiyska Street (now Heroes of the Maidan), people walking, driving cars, a survey on the streets, Valentynа Bondar reading a poem from Maria Matios's collection The Garden of Impatience. 

What is love: a survey in Chernivtsi

The village of Babyn, Chernivtsi region, summer 1975.

In the video, the journalist talks about the work process and plans of the collective farm “Iskra” and the successes of party agitation among the workers. The workers are given out agitation leaflets, various plans for collective farm production.

Contains a speech with elements of propaganda.