"News of Culture", 2014. The issue's plot highlights the progress of the exhibition — a joint project of the National Museum of Literature of Ukraine and the Ivan Fedorov Book Chamber of Ukraine — "Treasures of the Book Chamber of Ukraine", dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Chamber and World Book and Copyright Day.

On the video: exhibition exposition; "Kobzar" by T. Shevchenko (1860); stand with information about Ivan Franko; exhibition visitors; portraits of Taras Shevchenko; "Slovenian-Russian Lexicon" by Pamva Berinda; postcards; 18th century old prints; photo of Hero of Ukraine Serhiy Nigoyan.

The following will talk about the exhibition: Deputy Director of the Book Chamber of Ukraine, Halyna Hutsol; Deputy Director of the National Museum of Literature, Raisa Sennikova.

Iryna Lysenko and Yevhen Polinkevich worked on the plot.

Treasures of the Book Chamber of Ukraine

October 22, 2004. News of the First National. The plot of the opening of the exhibition "Your pain and pride, Ukraine" in Kyiv, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine in the Second World War. The Museum of the Second World War presents archival photographs and exhibits, the exhibition is visited by veterans. 

Commenting: Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk.

Nataliya Mishcherska, Dmytro Melnyk worked on the plot.

"Your pain and pride, Ukraine": an exhibition at the Museum of the Second World War

2006, Sofia Square. The video highlights a fragment of the celebrations on the occasion of the 15th Independence Day of Ukraine.

On the video: a fragment of the speech of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko; among those present are the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma; Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine Filaret; Patriarch-Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Lyubomyr Huzar; Primate of the UAOC His Beatitude Methodius; Prime Minister of Ukraine (2006–2007) Viktor Yanukovych; Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2006–2007); St. Sophia Cathedral; performance of choral compositions, including "Earth, My All-Fruitful Mother" (based on the words of Ivan Franko); military orchestra; stand-up by journalist Kateryna Bessarabova.

Independence Day: 2006

National Television Company of Ukraine, 2001. The program "Not Everything is So Bad in Our House" is dedicated to the activities of the chevalieres and ladies-in-waiting who are members of the Knightly Order of St. Stanislaus, the Grand Priory of the Order of St. Stanislaus in Ukraine.

On the video: St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery; Andrew's Church; trade on Andrew's Descent; monument to Pronia Prokopivna and Golokhvosty; Soviet symbols; matryoshka dolls; porcelain figurines; icons of Andrew's Church; fragment of the solemn ceremony of consecration as a knight of the Order of St. Stanislav; bell tower of the Ilyinskaya Church; collection of gold from Scythian times; President Leonid Kuchma examines the collection of gold from Scythian times; international autumn ball; exhibition and sale of works by children with disabilities and children from low-income families; among those present are russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov.

Commentators: Grand Prior of the Order of Saint Stanislaus in Ukraine, Chevalier Pavlo Vyalov (speaks russian); Chief of the General Staff of the Cossack Troops of russia and Abroad, Chevalier Valery Kamshilov (speaks russian); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Ukraine, Chevalier Grigol Katamadze (partially speaks russian); People's Artist of Ukraine, Chevalier Yan Tabachnyk (speaks russian); Chevalier Risto Gushterov (Macedonia); Chevalier Bohdan Gavrylyshyn (Switzerland); Chevalier Ivsihiro Nishikawa (Japan; his speech is being translated into russian); Chevalier Kazudji Dzesi (Japan, his speech is being translated into russian); Chevalier Mikhail Vavryshyn (Canada); Chevalier Richard Voen Rowlands (Austria); cavalry lady Silvia Hildegard Fritz (Austria); Prince VIII Grand Master Count Juliusz Novina-Sokolnitsky.

Reference: The International Order of Saint Stanislaus is an international order, a public non-governmental organization whose purpose is charity, support for the disabled and low-income families.

International Knightly Order of Saint Stanislaus

"First National", 2005. The news story tells about the "Death Match" of 1942 between the players of Kyiv's Dynamo and the German team "Flakelf", separating the course of events from Soviet propaganda.

On the video: footage from the film "Third Half"; "Start" stadium; monument to the football players of the "Match of Death"; fragment of a conversation with Vladlen Putistin, son of the match participant Mykhailo Putistin (speaks Russian); Nazi symbols are present in the frame; monument to the football players of Kyiv "Dynamo" — participants of the legendary "Match of Death"; football posters; stand-up by journalist Maksym Drabko.

Commentators: researcher of the history of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Kabanets; head of the Center for the Protection of the Truth of the History of the Great Patriotic War Boryslav Yatsko (speaks in russian).

The plot was written by: Maksym Drabok, Volodymyr Lozenko.

Reference: The so-called Death Match between the local team "Start" and the German "Flakelf" took place in Kyiv in 1942. According to Soviet historians, the Germans shot the Kyiv players for refusing to lose. However, according to research by other scholars, the football players were indeed executed by the occupiers, but not for sporting reasons.

"Death Match" in Kyiv

"First National", 2010. The plot covers the 40th anniversary Ukrainian film festival "Molodist" in Kyiv, including the visit of foreign actors and film premieres.

On the video: a stand-up by journalist Anastasia Stanko; among those present is TV presenter Kateryna Osadcha; a fragment of a press conference with the participation of Sophie Marceau and Christopher Lambert; footage from the film "Cartagena"; a fragment from Serhiy Loznytsia's film "My Happiness"; the building of the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine in Kyiv.

The plot was written by: Anastasia Stanko, Andriy Papusha, and Serhiy Vostrykov.

40th Anniversary of the Molodist Film Festival

"First National", 2011. The news release's plot tells about the participant of the "Face of Ukraine — 2011" project — sculptor, collector, graphic artist Ivan Honchar and his collection, which is kept in the National Center of Folk Culture "Ivan Honchar Museum".

On the video: photos of Ivan Honchar; bust of Ivan Honchar; Ivan Honchar's collection; paintings; towels; icon of Saint Nikita.

The following people talk about Ivan Honchar: artist Oleksandr Dubrovsky; the sculptor's adopted nephew Petro Honchar; and Deputy Director of the Ivan Honchar Museum Tetyana Poshivaylo.

The story was prepared by Olga Skotnikova and Alexander Samoilov.

Reference: Ivan Honchar is a Ukrainian graphic artist, sculptor, painter, folklorist, ethnographer, collector, compiler of the album "Ukraine and Ukrainians", founder of the museum based on a private collection of ethnographic and artistic items.

Collector Ivan Honchar

"First National", 2002. The news story is dedicated to the traditional event marking the founding day of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" — the washing of the monument to Hryhoriy Skovoroda.

On the video: a banner with the inscription "Time is fleeting, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is eternal..."; Honorary President of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" Vyacheslav Bryukhovetskyi washes the monument to Hryhoriy Skovoroda; the building of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; students wash the monument.

Commenting: student Maria Kuzmenska; Honorary President of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" Vyacheslav Bryukhovetsky.

The story was prepared by Myroslava Starodub and Oleksiy Yakushev.

"Clean Skovoroda": a campaign at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1992. The feature film "I fell in love with Kyiv at first sight" is dedicated to the sights of the capital and the events of the early 1990s.

On the video: panorama of Kyiv; Khreshchatyk; fountain near the Golden Gate; Taras Shevchenko Boulevard; Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; frescoes; Peresopnytsia Gospel; excursion to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; St. Andrew's Church; Cossack Mamai; monument to Taras Shevchenko; revolution on granite; Cossack hopak; column of demonstrators on Hrushevskoho Street together with MPs Ivan Drach, Stepan Khmara, Levko Lukyanenko, brothers Horyn — Bohdan and Mykhailo; National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine (Pyrohiv locality); footage of the Chernobyl accident; St. Sophia Cathedral; Vydubychi Monastery; rally on Independence Square; Leonid Kravchuk in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Dmytro Pavlychko in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The film was worked on by: Oleksa Sherengovyi; Yuriy Tkachenko; A. Cherniuk; K. Stepankov; M. Chyshchevyi; P. Miliutin; O. Kalynin; I. Tkachenko; B. Hlazunov.

"I fell in love with Kyiv at first sight"

"First National", 2002. The news story highlights the exhibition of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, which included the personal belongings of Mykhailo Hrushevsky, which were stored in the archives of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome.

On the video: personal documents of the Hrushevsky family; diplomatic passport of Mykhailo Hrushevsky; portrait of Mykhailo Hrushevsky; seal of the embassy of the Ukrainian People's Republic; act on the return of documents to Ukraine; visitors; diplomatic passport of Vyacheslav Lypynsky; typewriter from the times of the UNR, on which the First Universal of the UNR was printed; among those present is People's Deputy (1998–2002) Valeriy Khoroshkovsky; the return of documents by the decision of the Head of the UGCC Lubomyr Huzar is commented on by the Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Vasyl Medvit.

Lyudmila Yevseenko and Georgy Binkovsky worked on the plot.

Return of the archive of Mykhailo Hrushevsky

"News of Culture", 2015. The plot of the issue tells about the literary and artistic evening "Dreams, Don't Betray", dedicated to the birthday of Lesya Ukrainka.

On the video: a portrait of Lesya Ukrainka by Fotii Krasitsky; footage from the film "I'm Coming to You" — a Ukrainian Soviet film dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka's birth (script by Ivan Drach); a fragment of the poem "The Waves Flash with Sharp Shine"; a fragment from Lesya Ukrainka's article "State Order"; Oleksiy Balyusenko's art exhibition "Flags and People" from the series "Diary of an Extremist" (the works were written under the impression of the events of 2013–2014).

Iryna Shchukina, the head of the Lesya Ukrainka Museum, talks about the exhibition, the juxtaposition of the theme of the revolution and the events of the Revolution of Dignity, and Lesya Ukrainka's work in general.

The following worked on the plot: Lyudmila Mykytyuk, Yarema Malashchuk, Andriy Sydorchenko.

"Dreams, don't betray": Lesya Ukrainka

"First National", 2009. The news story is dedicated to the anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian actor, director, playwright, and luminary of Ukrainian theater Panas Saksagansky (real name — Tobilevich).

On the video: the "Koleso" theater on Andriyivskyi Uzviz; poster; fragment of the play "Shantrap" by Panas Saksagansky; Mykhailo Starytskyi Museum; Panas Saksaganskyi exposition; portraits — theatrical images of the luminary, personal belongings; photographs from performances; the will of Panas Saksaganskyi's wife — Nina; memorial plaque to P. Saksaganskyi.

Commentators: journalist Anastasia Stanko; director of the play "Shantrapa" at the Koleso Theater Iryna Klishchevska; head of the Mykhailo Starytskyi Museum Olga Kyrienko; deputy director of the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture Oleksandra Mocanu.

Anastasia Stanko and Oleksandr Kolodyazhny worked on the plot.

Reference: The house where Panas Saksagansky lived and where the exhibition is to be located was significantly damaged by a Russian missile strike in 2022.

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