Sumy TV. The program "Reality of Agroreverse" from June 16, 2006 is dedicated to the development of the village of Nyzhnya Syrovatka in the Sumy region.

In the video: the village of Nyzhnya Syrovatka, landscapes, houses, local residents; a conversation with an entrepreneur from the village, talks about the importance of village development, plans for building a store; local kindergarten, children resting; emergency condition of the House of Culture, various plans of the premises.

Comments: entrepreneur Valeriy Zayets; chairman of the Nyzhnyasyrovatka village council Lyubov Mostova; director of the House of Culture of the village of Nyzhnya Syrovatka Iryna Bozhenko.

Author and presenter — Raisa Stoyan.

Reference: Nyzhnya Syrovatka is a village in the Sumy region, located on the left bank of the Syrovatka River near its confluence with the Psel. The village was founded in 1659 as a Cossack settlement of the Sumy Regiment, and among the famous figures associated with it are the entrepreneur and philanthropist Ivan Kharitonenko and the writer Borys Grinchenko, who taught here in 1884–1885. During the russian invasion of 2022, the village suffered destruction of infrastructure and residential buildings, but by the end of the spring of that year it was liberated from russian occupation.

Village of Nyzhnya Syrovatka

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1978.

Documentary film "Shostka". Tells about the history of the city. In Russian. Elements of Soviet propaganda are present.

In the video: shots of the city, nature, the Shostka River, the Historical and Local Lore Museum (now the Shostka City Local Lore Museum), children in pioneer uniforms looking at exhibits in the museum, a bust of Ivan Kozhedub, a procession with red flags, the Svema Production Association, a chemical reagent plant, heroes of socialist labor, people on vacation, students of school No. 12, a maternity hospital.

TV movie "Shostka", 1978

Sumy Television. The program "Krayu, miy ridnyy" from June 26, 2004 is dedicated to the Sumy regional relay of labor and culture in the city of Okhtyrka.

On the video: Okhtyrka, various plans of the city, fragments from the filming of the festival; Nadiya Kyslichenko talks about achievements in the field of culture; the exhibition "Podvig na viky", exhibits from the times of the German-Soviet war, veterans near the House of Culture, orders on their chests; performances in russian, Svitlana Ryzhova, Oleg Podolsky, Yuriy Bublyk, Volodymyr Pup sing songs about the Okhtyr region.

Comments: Head of the Culture Department of the Okhtyrka District State Administration Nadiya Kyslichenko; Head of the Culture Department of the Sumy Regional State Administration Mykola Yudin; Laureate of song festivals Svitlana Ryzhova; Heads of the Okhtyrka District Yuriy Bublyk and Volodymyr Pup.

Relay of Labor and Culture in Okhtyrka

Sumy TV. The program "A Pumpkin Walks Through the Garden" from September 18, 2004 is dedicated to the exhibition of achievements in horticulture and horticulture.

On the video: gardeners, gardeners, visitors to the exhibition from various plans; presenting vegetables, fruits, grape bunches; an apple orchard in the Sumy region; apples in baskets at the exhibition, tasting of new apple varieties; a new variety "Deliche", information, comments on the breeding of new varieties; a story about growing grapes, the value of berries, taste, growing conditions, high yields and variety of varieties.

Comments: Director of the Sumy Research Station of Horticulture Vyacheslav Filov; General Director of the "Sumysadvinprom" Corporation Yevgeny Ivanov; amateur winegrower from the city of Sumy Viktor Kovalev; Head of Konotop Agricultural Enterprise "Mir" Gennady Berdnikov.

The program was worked on by: Lyudmila Chugai, Viktor Lapchenko, Serhiy Konoz, Artem Skrypnyak.

Horticulture and horticulture exhibition

May 9, 2004, Sumy.

A report about the celebration of May 9 in the city. People dancing, an orchestra playing, Independence Square, a stage, a concert, a poll of Sumy residents about Victory Day, fragments of the performance of the band "Vopli Vidoplyasova", fireworks. Memories of World War II veterans: Stanivslav Shayda, Mykola Demidov, Oleksandr Vasylkovsky.

May 9 in Sumy, 2004

Sumy Television. The program "The Price of Oil" from April 15, 2006 is devoted to environmental problems due to oil production in the Okhtyr Region.

On the video: oil wells, equipment from different angles; spent radioactive pipes in the village of Khukhra; water pollution problems, wells and dirty drinking water; local residents complain about pollution; comments from specialists on the causes of pollution.

Comments: Head of the Okhtyr District State Administration Ihor Sharai; Chairman of the Board of ZAO "Zorya" Oleksiy Taranukha; Deputy of the Okhtyr District Council Volodymyr Garanzha; Head of the Hematology Department of the Sumy Regional Children's Hospital Liana Nikitenko.

Author — Raisa Stoyan.

"The Price of Oil": Environmental Pollution in the Okhtyr Region

26 July 2004, Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. A programme from the series ‘Treasures of Sumy Region’ dedicated to pysanka art.

In the video: opening sequences, pysankas, and pysanka artists sitting at a table painting eggs and explaining the symbols. Commentary: Valentina Kozdrovska, head of the Sumy club “Kotylosya Pysanka”; Tamara Isaikina, head of a group at the Sumy Palace of Children and Youth; Larysa Kyrychenko, head of the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts at Sumy School No. 29; Tetyana Surkova, teacher at the Sumy Children’s Art School.

"Treasury of Sumy Region": Easter egg making

Sumy Television. The December 20, 2000 episode of the "Provincia" program is dedicated to the city of Konotop in the Sumy region.

On the video: Konotop railway station; public transport, a flash interview with a tram driver; local market, assortment; art workshop, paintings, historical information about Kazimir Malevich; gym, exercise equipment, interview with an athlete; "Ester" community center, Jewish religious community, community leisure; charity dinners, medical support for the poor in the "Ester" center; a story about Konotop women.

Comments: athlete, powerlifting champion Oleksandr Degovets; chairman of the board of the "Lebn" society Grigory Aizenshtat; head of educational and cultural programs Ruvym Bomshtein; chairman of the Jewish religious community Arkady Konyavsky; director of the "Hesed-Ester" center Grigory Petrushenko.

Host — Raisa Stoyan.

Jewish Community in Konotop

Sumy Television. The program "Lunala muzyka nad Pslom" from June 5, 2005 is dedicated to the festival of Ukrainian brass bands "Trumpets of the Constitution". 

On the video: Sumy National Academic Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy named after Mykhailo Shchepkin, performances of groups from different cities of Ukraine; landscapes of Sumy, spectators. 

Comments: Major General, Chief Military Conductor Volodymyr Derkach; Colonel Vyacheslav Korobko. 

Host — Tamara Barabash. 

"Trumpets of the Constitution" Festival 

Sumy TV. The episode of the program "Provincia" from November 10, 2002 is dedicated to the village of Mykhailivka.

On the video: landscapes of Mykhailivka, the Psel River; a story about the history of the founding of the village and the role of the Kapnist family in its development; old-timers tell about the village's traditions and cultural initiatives; embroidered paintings by Polina Tkachenko.

Comments: old-timers of the village of Mykhailivka Halyna Klyushnichenko, Polina Tkachenko; village head Viktor Lysyansky; resident of the count's house Lyubov Dyachenko.

Host — Raisa Stoyan.

Reference: Mykhailivka is a village on the Psel River, founded in 1675, known for the participation of residents in anti-tax and anti-grain procurement protests in 1932 and significant human losses during the Holodomor of 1932–1933. In the modern period, Mykhailivka is distinguished by its preserved natural and cultural landscape (Petrovsky and Cossack oaks, Poltava tier), a monument to the Mazepa people, and local gastronomic tradition. The preparation of borscht in the Lebedyn region is included in the list of elements of the intangible cultural heritage of the Sumy region.

Cossack village of Mykhailivka

Sumy Television. The program "Breath of History is Tart" from November 18, 2006 is dedicated to the archival funds for the 80th anniversary of the Sumy Regional State Archive.

On the video: archival funds, various plans; archive workers demonstrate cases, photographs; Soviet black-and-white chronicles of the Soviet era; specialists talk about the Soviet terror in the Sumy region, demonstrate an unpublished collection of memoirs of Holodomor eyewitnesses; employees at work, everyday life of an archival specialist.

Comments: archive workers Lyudmila Pokydchenko, Oksana Kovalenko; former archive director, Holodomor eyewitness Hanna Kazantseva; former archive director Zinaida Kovaleva.

Author — Anna Chernobay.

Sumy Regional State Archive

Sumy TV. The program "Vivat, Academy!" dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking is dedicated to the history of the higher educational institution in the city of Sumy.

On the video: the exterior of the academy, the coat of arms, the landscapes of Sumy, a story about the history of the institution; athletics arena and sports training; students at classes in the classrooms; Rector Anatoliy Yepifanov talks about the achievements of the academy; Congress Center with a modern electronic library; the building of the Law Faculty on Soborna Street; photos of the first graduates; the dean's office, law textbooks, library; a blitz poll of students from different cities of Ukraine about their studies; dormitory No. 1; Viktor Yushchenko, at that time the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, during the opening of the institution.

Comments: Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking Anatoliy Yepifanov; Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Banking Department Ivan Salo; Honorary Citizen of Sumy, Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Volodymyr Stelmakh; Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking Viktor Sukhonos; Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Borys Dadashev.

Host — Raisa Stoyan.

Reference: The Ukrainian Academy of Banking is a specialized state institution of higher education of a financial and economic profile, established in 1996 in Sumy and until 2015 subordinated to the National Bank of Ukraine. The Academy is known for its developed scientific school on the problems of monetary policy, banking and financial stability. The institution has repeatedly been included in the national ratings of leading economic universities of Ukraine and is actively integrated into the international scientific and educational space.