June 27, 2003, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the presentation of a book on the history of relations between Ukraine and Canada in the 1940s–1980s, "Ukraine-Canada: History and Present".

On the video: presentation of the book; comments by Petro Toronko on the process of writing the publication; conversations with representatives of the Ukrainian Canadian diaspora.

Comments: Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, author of the publication Petro Toronko; Director of the Ukrainian Heritage Foundation of Alberta Yuriy Moskal.

Ukraine-Canada: History and Present

Kyiv region, 2004. The program “Mirror.” It tells about Christmas celebrations in the village of Pustovity, Myronivsky district, Kyiv region. 

The video shows: carols performed by the folk ensemble “Radist”; the village of Pustovity; a fragment of the Christmas service in the Church of St. John the Theologian; girls in national costumes with embroidered towels; winter forest.

Christmas celebrations: Kyiv region

July 9, 2014, Kyiv.

The video shows a tent camp on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Self-defense life, banners, flags, barricades, the Coordination Council of Maidan, memorial plaques, flowers and lamps for those who died during the revolution, a stage, armored personnel carriers, Ukrainian House, Hotel "Dnipro".

Self-defense tents on Maidan, 2014

December 6, 2010, Kyiv.

Video shows the installation of a Christmas tree on Independence Square. Metal frame, utility workers installing the tree, Christmas tree branches, patrol service near the perimeter fence.

Installing a Christmas tree on Maidan, 2010

December 27, 1997, a story about the opening of the Pecherska station. The video shows a ceremonial ribbon cutting, a tour, the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and the head of the Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Omelchenko, an empty escalator, people at the turnstiles and in the subway. 

"Pecherska is the 39th station of the Kyiv subway. It was built simultaneously with the next two stations (Druzhby Narodiv and Vydubychi), but due to difficult geological conditions, the construction of the station was frozen in the late 1980s and it was put into operation only in 1997, 6 years later than planned.

 Pecherska metro station: opening of the station

June 25, 1997, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the construction of the Kiev metro station "Pecherska" and the reconstruction of the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery.

In the video: Prime Minister of Ukraine Valery Pustovoitenko and high-ranking officials descend to the construction site; the construction process, installation of equipment, various plans; reconstruction of the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, archaeological and ground research of the cathedral, archaeological finds.

Commented by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Valery Pustovoitenko.

Pecherska Station: Construction and Installation Works

December 24, 2002, Kyiv.

On video: St. Alexander's Roman Catholic Parish, priest's greetings to Ukrainian Catholics on Christmas; shop, various plans, people praying; service in Polish, joint holiday prayer.

St. Alexander's Church: Christmas service

December 6, 2003, Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region.

On the video Bila Tserkva Correctional Colony No. 35. The territory of the institution, prisoners working with files, at sewing machines, a model of the institution, an information stand on the territory, barbed wire, prisoners playing musical instruments and singing, a dining room, prisoners reading the Penal Code, a barracks with beds, a psycho-emotional relief room, a library.

Bila Tserkva Correctional Colony

March 28, 2016, Kyiv.

In the video: Petrivka metro station (now Pochaina), entrance to the Kyiv Metro; bus stop near the metro entrance, city residents; views of Kyiv near the station, trolleybus route, roadway.

"Petrivka" Station

December 30, 2008, Kyiv.

In the video: Main Post Office of Kyiv, currency exchange office, board with currency exchange rate; people walking down the street, Independence Square; people near the exchanger, counting money, bank.

Reference: The 2008 financial crisis in Ukraine was a consequence of the global crisis, which manifested itself in a sharp decline in GDP, devaluation of the hryvnia, a reduction in exports due to falling steel prices, and a halt in construction and lending. This led to rising unemployment and a decline in living standards, and the state took out loans from the IMF to stabilize the banking system and cover the budget deficit. 

During the 2008 financial crisis in Ukraine, the dollar exchange rate rose sharply: at the beginning of the year, it was around 5 hryvnia, but by the end of 2008, it had fallen to 8 hryvnia per dollar. 

Currency exchange rate, 2008

2007, National Television Company of Ukraine. The documentary film ‘Kyiv. Tunnels into the Unknown’ is dedicated to the unfinished railway tunnels under the Dnipro River.

The video features: opening credits, fragments of the pre-war tunnel system, historical black-and-white newsreels, footage of pre-war tunnel construction, drawings and maps of the tunnels, Nikita Khrushchev at the construction site, footage of pre-war and modern Kyiv.

The history of the creation of the Pidruslyv tunnels is told by: Georgy Yasev, head of the Kyiv City Historical and Patriotic Club ‘Search’; Vyacheslav Dzivalovsky, head of the Department of Military and Patriotic Education of Youth in the Svyatoshinsky District; tunnel builder Ivan Mishchenko, who witnessed the post-war restoration of the tunnel system.

Reference: The ‘Stalin Metro’ (official name — Construction No. 1 NKShS; other names: Sub-channel railway in the Kyiv area, Object No. 1) is a system of tunnels and railway structures in Kyiv, built in the late 1930s and early 1940s as part of a strategic military project under the Dnipro River. They were intended to serve as a military facility in case of war and to ensure the crossing and movement of military equipment between the banks of the Dnipro. The project was never completed, leaving only a few concrete structures and unfinished tunnels.

Author: Andriy Dmytruk.

The Stalinist Metro in Kyiv

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1982.

The film is dedicated to the work of amateur artists of the city of Kyiv.

On the video: opening of the exhibition, visitors examine the paintings, a towel with the inscription "1500 years of Kyiv"; close-up of the paintings, different angles; clay figurines, ceramic statuettes, wooden decor.