October 29, 2004, the village of Hrynky, Poltava region.

The plot is dedicated to the opening ceremony of the gas pipeline in the village of Hrynky in the Poltava region.

In the video: views of the village; work of gas workers on laying and connecting the gas pipeline; village residents; comments from residents who talk about the importance of gasification for the community; Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Viktor Slauta talks about the implementation of gasification programs in rural settlements, challenges and results of the work done; village residents cook dinner on a gas stove; a feast on the occasion of the gas connection.

Comments: war invalid, resident of the village of Hrynky Vasyl Kapusta; Hrynky village head Lyudmila Oksanchuk; Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Viktor Slauta.

The plot was worked on by: Serhiy Syvolap, Volodymyr Nepyipyvo, Kostyantyn Khudolyi.

Opening of the gas pipeline in the village of Hrynky

First National, 2003. A report on the fight by special units of the Security Service of Ukraine against organised crime groups which, using their own intelligence, night-vision equipment and a fleet of petrol tankers, were stealing gas in the Poltava region. Taps into gas pipelines and illegal oil depots were discovered in the Gadyach (which, following the 2020 reform, is now part of the Myrhorod district) and Zinkiv (part of the current Poltava district) districts. Law enforcement officers dismantled the criminal groups that were siphoning off gas and storing the stolen gas condensate using specialised equipment.

In the video: petrol tankers, the SBU office building in Poltava, gas tanks, law enforcement officers inspecting the vehicles, and a comment from Mykola Sokhatskyi, head of the SBU’s special unit in the Poltava region.

The report was prepared by Rostyslav Martyniuk and Volodymyr Dzyuba.


Tackling gas theft in the Poltava region

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1980.

The TV film "Holiday in Sumy Region" is dedicated to the fair in the village of Velyky Sorochyntsy, Poltava region.

On the video: performance of Ukrainian folk songs; fair, people, overview of the territory, musicians playing folk music.

"Holiday in Sumy Region": Velyky Sorochyntsy

July 21, 2010, Poltava region.

The plot is dedicated to the activities of the collective farm in Kryukivska penal colony No. 29.

In the video: the territory of the colony, the work of prisoners, peasants talk about their experience working with prisoners; cows, caring for animals; bakery, prisoners at work; field behind barbed wire.

Comments: peasant, combine harvester Oleksandr Kanivets; convict from Kryukivska penal colony No. 29 Vitaly; head of Kryukivska penal colony No. 29 Serhiy Dovzhenko.

Journalist — Olena Tsarenko.

Collective farm activities in prison

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1994.

The film "The Last Supper in Sorochyntsy" is dedicated to the history of the Great Sorochyntsy and the residence of Danylo the Apostle.

On the video: the Church of the Transfiguration, various plans, historical information about the Great Sorochyntsy; prayer, the interior of the church, features of the decoration and Cossack icons, an iconostasis close-up.

Valery Shevchuk reads an excerpt from Ivan Velichkovsky's handwritten book "The Clock with a Half-Clock". The film uses choral concerts by Maxim Berezovsky.

The film "The Last Supper in Sorochyntsy"

December 4, 2006, Poltava Region.

The plot is dedicated to a rare millennial oak found in the forests of Poltava Region.

In the video: forest, different plans; men measure the diameter of the trunk with their hands; different plans of the oak, a forester near the oak; landscapes of Poltava Region.

Comments: Head of the Poltava Forestry Department Oleksandr Yaresko; forester Viktor Rudenko.

The plot was worked on by: Lyudmila Spivak, Volodymyr Nepyipyvo, Kostyantyn Khudolyi.

Millennial Oak in Poltava Region

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1984.

The feature film "The Khorol River Flows" is dedicated to the landscapes of the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi in the Poltava region.

On the video: the Khorol River, birds, flowers; sunflower fields, domestic animals; Sorochyn fair, sale of pottery, performance of musicians.

TV film "The Khorol River Flows"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1992.

The TV film "Big Khomutets" is dedicated to the history and present of the village of Khomutets in the Poltava region, raises the problems of life of peasants in the region.

In the video: old-timers of the village talk about their families, life in the village, the functioning of the collective farm, the period of "stagnation", about the churches that were destroyed by the Soviet government.

Director — Serhiy Dudka.

Reference: Khomutets is a village in the Poltava region, located on the Khorol and Khomutets rivers, 14 km from Myrhorod. Founded in the 16th century, in the 17th-18th centuries it belonged to the Apostol family and was the center of the Second Myrhorod Hundred of the Myrhorod Regiment; the palace and park complex of the Muravyov-Apostols and monuments of cult architecture of the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved on the territory of the village, the village is included in the list historical settlements of Ukraine.

Old-timers of the village of Khomutets

25 August 2006, Kremenchuk, Poltava region.

A report about the felling of trees in the central park ‘Yuvileiny’ for construction. People walking in the park, construction work, machinery operating, felled trees, a protest against construction, people with banners. 

Comments: local residents Maria Shilova and Faina Eisenberg; chair of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Kremenchuk Citizens Lyudmila Shapovalova; deputy mayor Serhiy Butko.

Park construction in Kremenchuk, 2006

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1988.

The film-concert "Hello, Spring..." is dedicated to the performance of the children's amateur art collective of the village of Khomutets, Myrhorod district, Poltava region and the folk choir "Kalyna" of the Volodymyr Korolenko Poltava Pedagogical Institute.

The program includes Ukrainian folk songs: "Bless, Mother", "Already the Red Sun", "Oh, Come Out, Periwinkle", "Pidkivochky", "Don't Go, Hrytsya, to the Street", "Crane", "The Lark Has Arrived", "The Sun Didn't Rise in the Morning".

The ancient rite "Meeting Spring", which existed in the Poltava region at the end of the 17th century, is demonstrated, recorded by a resident of the village of Khomutets, Yavdokhiya Andrienko.

Spring Rites in Poltava Region

December 2, 2004, Poltava.

The video shows a rally in support of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. People with flags of the political party “Our Ukraine,” banners, posters, orange balloons and ribbons, representatives of the history department, a tent city, a march, the crowd shouting “There are many of us and we cannot be defeated!”, “Yushchenko!”, “Down with the cattle!”.

Rally in support of Yushchenko in Poltava

Poltava TV "Ltava". The release of the program "Amulets" from December 29, 2011 is dedicated to the creation of traditional Ukrainian New Year's decorations.

On the video: various handmade toys, hats, angels, various plans; creation of animals from jute twine, master class; exhibition of works dedicated to the Poltava folk doll, exposition; creation of a Christmas star from a vine.

Comments: craftswoman Valentina Anuarova; folk doll craftswoman Natalya Svyrydiuk; daughter of the craftswoman Oleksandra Svyrydiuk; wickerwork craftswoman Kateryna Fedorenko.

Host — Lyudmila Tkachenko.