Poltava TV, program “Sing, Bandura, Sing”, 2006. The program tells the story of the Ukrainian Bandura Choir, named after Hryhorii Maiboroda, from its creation to its development in the postwar years.

The video includes a performance by the musicians, archival photos, and commentary by the chapel's artistic director, Mykola Hvozd.

Ukrainian bandura band: the history of the band

Poltava, June 9, 2008. A story about the annual celebration of the Day of Poltava Dumpling on Ivanova Gora: a contest for the most enormous dumpling is held.

The video shows local residents and guests of the city tasting dumplings, the contest, and comments by Poltava Mayor Andriy Matkovsky, Natalia Leshchenko, director of the Ivanova Hora restaurant, chef Nina Omelchenko, and Igor Pochybiy, representative of the Guinness Book of Records of Ukraine.

Poltava Dumpling Festival

The video shows the city of Komsomolsk (now Horishni Plavni), people walking through the streets, police officers riding bicycles.

Komsomolsk, 2003

The cycle of programs "Oberey" about Ukrainian embroidery and the traditional wreath, created in 2004, 2005 and 2010.

The head of the state treasury department in the Poltava district — Nadiya Tovsta, the rector of the Volodymyr Korolenko National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Korolenko — Volodymyr Pashchenko, the dean of the faculty of technology and design — Valentyna Tytarenko, the masters of Ukrainian embroidery — Vasyl and Nataliya Pokotilo, the designer Yuriy Matveyev talk about embroidery.

The author and presenter is Lyudmila Tkachenko.

Ukrainian embroidery

Documentary film "Everything in you" about the life and work of the Ukrainian philosopher-mystic, theologian, poet, teacher - Hryhoriy Skovorodu.

Comments: Dmytro Gorbachev, doctor of art history; doctor of philological sciences, professor — Leonid Ushakov; the priest - Stefan Vodianyk; doctor of philological sciences, professor — Mykola Korpaniuk; Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor - Hennadiy Alyaev.

Author: Lyudmila Nestulya.

Hryhoriy Skovoroda. Documentary film about the poet

The program of the Poltava regional state television and radio company "Zemlyaki". Issue about the chief conductor of the Poltava Academic Orchestra, People's Artist of Ukraine — Vitaly Skakun.

Vitalii Skakun: conductor of the Poltava Academic Orchestra

The program of the Poltava Regional State TV and Radio Company "Zemlyaki". The program is about Vira Chazova, a journalist, announcer, editor of the regional radio, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. She tells about the history of Poltava radio.

Vira Chazova: journalist, announcer

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010) visits the Sorochyn Fair. In the video: he examines souvenirs, embroidery, jugs, the team's performance, beehives, journalists—interview of Viktor Yushchenko.

Yushchenko at the Sorochyn Fair

A story about preparations for the early mayoral elections in Poltava, November 19, 2006.

There are comments from the candidates for the mayor's post, Andriy Matkovsky, Ihor Mykhailyuk and the head of the Poltava city territorial election commission Vasyl Pakhilyuk.

Mayoral elections in Poltava

The video features the program "Amulets," in which members of Polish families share stories of life in Ukraine during the Soviet era and talk about preserving and maintaining Polish national traditions in the present day.


Stories of Polish migration

The program "Amulets": a conversation with Volodymyr Danyleiko, an ethnographer, cultural critic, and friend of Vasyl Symonenko, in the program "Amulets".

Volodymyr Danyleiko was born on August 9, 1930, in the village of Demina Balka, Poltava region. He studied at the Kharkiv University, Faculty of Philology, and later at the Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv. 

Founder of the Orta ethnographic group, initiator of the Lviv Municipal Men's Choir "Homin". He is known for introducing Ukrainian traditional customs and rituals, organizing caroling in Kyiv, Lviv, and Poltava.

The video includes fragments of archival videos of Alla Markaryan, Serhiy Zhmurenko, as well as fragments from the films Leopold or Escape from Freedom, Picturesque Ukraine, Boim Chapel, Sofiyivka. Love-Sophia", "In Search of Happiness", "Cultural Heritage", and fragments from songs: "Silence around," "Protection of the Mother of God to the faithful," "Oh, the fog is thick," "Drink, brothers, drink," performed by the Marenychi trio, the Gulyaihorod and the Kozatska Chorea bands, and the song "I've met somebody. I've not seen for ages".

The Amulets programme: a conversation with Volodymyr Danyleiko

The program "Amulets" tells about Ukrainian astronomy, the history of the Chumash trade and the Milky Way.

There is a commentary by Mykola Tyshchuk, a junior researcher at the Poltava Gravimetric Observatory. The video contains excerpts from the feature film "Sorochynsky Fair". 