1997, Ivano-Frankivsk. An episode from the series ‘Secrets of Eternity’ dedicated to the All-Ukrainian festival-competition of national-patriotic songs and poetry ‘Volya-97’. Part two.

The video features: opening credits, host Khristina Stebelska, views of the Carpathians, letters from those who died for Ukraine's independence, archival photographs, trembita players, performances by festival participants, winners of the nominations, a march of UPA veterans, a cemetery, a Carpathian wedding, and the closing of the festival. Commentary by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Executive Committee, Bohdan Borovych.

The ‘Volya-97’ Festival, Part 2

1997, Ivano-Frankivsk. An episode from the series ‘Secrets of Eternity’ dedicated to the All-Ukrainian festival-competition of national-patriotic songs and poetry ‘Volya-97’. Part one.

On video: opening credits, host Khristina Stebelska, views of the Carpathians, footage of Ivano-Frankivsk, opening of the festival, speech by writer and Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine laureate Stepan Pushyk, speech by People's Artist of Ukraine Maria Stef'yuk, speech by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Executive Committee, Bohdan Borovych, UPA veterans in attendance, local cemetery, folk dances, festival held at the regional philharmonic, performances by participants.

The ‘Volya-97’ Festival, Part 1

September 13, 2010, Palianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The video shows the Bukovel mountain ski resort. Ski lift, view of Bukovel from the ski lift, tourists.

Bukovel, 2010

May 10, 2009, Ivano-Frankivsk.

The plot is dedicated to the blacksmithing festival "Blacksmiths' Festival".

On the video: festival, city square, craftsmen at work, spectators; blitz poll of festival participants, stories about blacksmithing; creation of a joint forged composition, various plans.

Comments: festival participants Fernando Nava, Dmytro Sukhoruchko; festival organizer Serhiy Polubotko.

Journalist — Ivanna Yanchuk.

Blacksmithing Festival

1999, National Television of Ukraine. The program from the series "Not Everything is So Bad in Our Home" is dedicated to tourism in Ivano-Frankivsk region for the International Tourism Day.

In the video: screensavers, host Lyudmila Lysenko, city shots, architecture, monument to Andriy Sheptytsky, Carpathian Natural Park, Carpathians, Yaremche, tourist complexes, boarding houses, Oleks Dovbush's memorial places, church, Rohatyn, engraving depicting Roksolana, fragments from the TV series "Roksolana", Vorokhta, train, Kolomyia, exhibits of the folk art museum, climbing Hoverla, waterfall, panorama from Hoverla, Carpathian Beskydy, interview with the head of the State Committee of Ukraine for Tourism.

Comments: Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration Mykhailo Vyshyvanyuk; owners of the boarding house the Babchuk family; Head of the Department of the Yaremche City Council Ihor Yakymchuk; owner of the family boarding house Vasyl Mykhailiuk and his wife Maria Mykhailiuk; Head of the Tourism Department Oleh Vasyliv.

Traveling through Ivano-Frankivsk region

August 15, 2002, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: Carpathian mountains, forests, meadow; rocks from different plans, girl with flowers, children; river and well, different plans of mountains and mountain valleys.

Carpathian mountain valleys

December 20, 2007, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: a family near a hotel complex; a lift from different angles, a man with skis gets on the track; mountains, different shots; people rent equipment, different shots of vacationers.

Ski resorts of Prykarpattia

April 29, 2007, village Delyatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

On video: checkpoint, security; after training, training from extinguishing after fire; military services, various plans; Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko on the territory of the nuclear weapons accumulation; workers on tanks, starting to eliminate the emergency situation at the site; Vinishuvach pilots on the Maidan, MIG-29 from different angles, written “Ukrainian Falcons”; the view of the vinishuvach over the object, different angles; radar device for the robot.

Evidence: in the 1950s–1990s, near the village of Delyatyn (Ivano-Frankivsk region), one of the key bases of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR functioned - a facility for preserving nuclear ammunition "Object 711" (Ivano-Frankivsk-16). On the territory, the collection of nuclear charges from components was carried out, the military units. In the 2000s, the territory retained the status of a large military facility with shared access and two repositories for radioactive waste.

A bunch of nuclear weapons

2011, Palianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The video shows the Bukovel resort in the Carpathians in winter. Mountains, snow, observation lifts, people with sports equipment are skiing and snowboarding down the mountains.

Bukovel, 2011

July 20, 2009, Ivano-Frankivsk Region.

In the video: the consequences of the flood in the Carpathian Region in 2008; a man is cooking, different angles of damaged housing; a river, damaged bridges and a village; construction of a new bridge; children swimming in the river; a village, different plans; power lines damaged by floods.

Reference: The 2008 flood in the Carpathian Region became one of the largest environmental disasters in the history of the region, caused by intense thunderstorms and rising water levels in the Carpathian rivers. As a result of the natural disaster, thousands of residential buildings were flooded, bridges and roads were destroyed, and 30 people died. As of 2009, the region continued to eliminate the consequences of the flood, in particular by building new housing and infrastructure.

Flood Consequences in the Carpathian Region

August 17, 2008, Kryvorivna village, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko in Kryvorivna, talking to people; sign "Kryvorivna comprehensive school"; military personnel show Yushchenko flood-relief equipment, report on overcoming the disaster; Viktor Yushchenko's speech; school, delegation of high-ranking officials inspects offices; construction of new houses for families affected by the flood.

Viktor Yushchenko in Kryvorivna

September 27, 2010, Kalush city, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

In the video: landfill, different angles; trucks are removing toxic hexachlorobenzene waste; officials arrive, among those present is Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Volodymyr Sivkovych; ruins of the Potash-Magnesium Plant, signs "Protected Territory", "Passage is prohibited"; Sivkovych inspects the territory of the plant; workers line up; repackaging and removal of hexachlorobenzene is underway.

Reference: The hexachlorobenzene landfill in Kalush city (Ivano-Frankivsk region) contained over 11 thousand tons of toxic waste generated as a result of the activities of the Oriana chemical enterprise. In 2010, the authorities declared the area an ecological emergency zone and began liquidating the landfill and transporting hexachlorobenzene for disposal outside Ukraine.