August 1, 1999, Sevastopol, AR Crimea.

Video of President Leonid Kuchma's visit to the Day of the Naval Forces of Ukraine. Kuchma meets with representatives of the government and the fleet, warships, sailors, Kuchma on the ship, orders for awards, Grafskaya Prystan. Present: Commander of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Yezhel; Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Serhiy Kunitsyn; Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Kuzmuk.

Kuchma in Sevastopol on Navy Day, 1999

Crimean Television, 1977. The video shows sage being harvested at the “Rainbow” state farm. 

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Harvesting Sage in Crimea

Crimean Television, 1977. The video features Yalta, the opening of the 8th USSR Rock Climbing Championship, and highlights from the competition.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Rock Climbing Championship

Crimean Television, 1977. The video features Gurfuz during the final competitions of the Second All-Union Children’s Sports Games “Starts of Hope” at the V. I. Lenin “Artek” Pioneer Camp.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Children's Sports Games

Crimean Television, 1977. The video shows the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Iron Ore Complex in Kamysh-Burun: the sintering plant, sintered ore, and the loading of ore cars.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Iron Ore Plant: 1977

Crimean Television, 1977. The video shows the construction of the North Crimean Canal: machinery used to dig the canal, with cranes, scrapers, and bulldozers at work.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Construction of the North Crimean Canal

Crimean Television, 1977. The video shows the village of Maryanivka in the Krasnogvardeisky District, the harvest at the collective farm named after the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the unloading of corn cobs, and silage pits. 

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Corn Harvest

Crimean Television, 1976. The video shows Kerch, a rally at the shipyard to mark the launch of the supertanker “Kavkaz.” 

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

New supertanker on the water

Crimean Television, 1976. The video features the foreman of the winegrowers of the Koktebel state farm I. Ostapenko, laureate of the USSR State Prize: the foreman in the vineyards, with members of the brigade. 

The video is published within the framework of the "Archives of Crimea" initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Foreman of winegrowers

Crimean Television, 1976. The video shows the final stages of construction on the Zagіrsk Reservoir, which will supply fresh water to the villages and health resorts of the Southern Coast of Crimea. The workers shown here are from “Krymvodbud.”

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

Zagіrsk Reservoir: 1976

Crimean Television, 1976. The video shows the construction of the supertanker “Kavkaz” at the Kerch Shipyard.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

The “Kavkaz” Supertanker

Crimean Television, 1976. The video shows grape plantations being treated by agricultural aircraft.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.

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