June 15, 2005, Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program “Border” is dedicated to the international automobile checkpoint “Yunakivka” in Sumy region.

In the video: the russian-Ukrainian border, Yunakivka checkpoint, information and warning signs, a queue of trucks, border guards with dogs, document checks, customs control at the in-depth inspection point, checking documents and cars with the use of dogs, training of border guards and dogs.

Comments: Head of the customs post Volodymyr Bondarenko; senior inspector of the checkpoint Viktor Veremienko; inspector of the border control department, dog handler Oleksandr Tkachenko; head of Sumy customs Volodymyr Kasyanov.

Yunakivka checkpoint in Sumy region

Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. The December 18, 2010 issue of the program "On the Other Side of Time" is dedicated to the work of writer Yevhen Polozhiy.

On the video: fragments of theatrical performances and television programs with the participation of Yevhen Polozhiy; books by Yevhen Polozhiy, talks about the creative path of the hero of the program, interviews, autobiographical moments in the works; demonstrates his collection of artifacts from travels; autograph session, blitz poll of readers.

Commented by writers Yevhen Polozhiy and Andriy Kurkov.

Author — Olesya Borovyk.

Reference: Yevhen Polozhiy is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, author of numerous works of art and media projects. He was the editor-in-chief of several Sumy publications and created information and entertainment programs that were awarded at international festivals. Since 1998, he has been the head of the socio-political newspaper "Panorama", which has been repeatedly awarded at all-Ukrainian competitions.

"On the Other Side of Time": Yevhen Polozhiy

Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. The January 29, 2004 issue of the program "Close Acquaintance" is dedicated to the Ukrainian composer Valeriy Kozupytsia.

The video features an interview with Valeriy Kozupytsia and a song performance in a duet with Tetyana Finashko. He talks about his life, creative path, family, and participation in various competitions and festivals.

Host — Oksana Solodovnyk.

Reference: Valeriy Kozupytsia is a Ukrainian singer and composer, author of numerous songs about the Sumy region, including "My Sumy Region", "Sumy Melody", "Sumyanka". His works won prizes at the festivals "Song of the Year", "Krolevetsky Towels", "Boromlya". He is the author of the Sumy City Anthem, the Sumy Community Anthem, and also created the call signs for the Sumy Regional Radio. 

"Close Acquaintance": Valeriy Kozupytsia

The program "Sumy. Legends and Progress into the Future" of Sumy Television on September 6, 2006, dedicated to the history of Sumy and famous Sumy residents.

On the video: map, city views, rivers; history of the city's name, fragments of chronicles, various historical reconstructions; Perekopska Street, various courses; building of the State Archives of Sumy Region; history of the Svyatovoskrisensky Church, interior and exterior, church bell tower with a clock; various city sights, old photographs, history of the Kharytonenkos; Trinity Church; gazebo, Petropavlivska Street, Local History Museum; athletics arena; fragments of black and white chronicles; Regional Scientific Library; panorama of the city.

Comments: Mayor of Sumy Gennady Minayev; Sumy resident Oleksandr Reuta; local historian Oleg Kornienko; Director of the State Archives of Sumy Region Gennady Ivanushchenko; local historian Oleksandr Dvinyatin; watchmaker Volodymyr Obod; local historian Margarita Sergienko; City Council deputy Alla Yarova; Rector of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking Anatoliy Yepifanov; Honored Builder of Ukraine Ruben Sumbatov; Honorary Citizen of Sumy Mykhailo Lushpa; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sumy City Council Anatoliy Bondarenko; Sumy resident Oleksandr Boyko.

Author — Tetyana Holub.

A journey through history and beauty: the city of Sumy

March 24, 2005, Sumy.

A plot about a religious procession of representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate, against the background of interfaith confrontation with the Kyiv Patriarchate. The city, the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, a religious procession, believers with icons, the regional administration, a service in the Holy Resurrection Cathedral. Comments by representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Religious procession of the moscow Patriarchate

December 2004, Sumy State TV Company. The program “Europe in Basivka” is dedicated to the border village of Basivka in Sumy region on the border with russia.

In the video: winter, shots of the village, private houses, local residents, a village wedding, a paramedic and obstetric station, a pharmacy, medical staff, medicines, a school, a school library, students, a farm, cows, horses, farm work, employees of an agricultural company, pensioners. 

Comments: Oleksiy Chernenko, head of the Iskra Closed Joint Stock Company (CJSC); Ivan Phenda, village head; Valentyna Feher, director of the local school; Nadiya Oliynyk, chief agronomist of Iskra CJSC; Valentyna Sholokh, director of Basagroprom LLC; Oleh Kolos, chief zootechnician of Iskra CJSC.

Basivka village on the border with russia

August 23, 2010, Sumy.

On the video: ceremonial laying of flowers at the monument to Vyacheslav Chornovil, the orchestra plays; Administrative Square, procession to the monument, military at the festive parade, flag on the mast.

Flag Day in Sumy

Village of Byshkin, Sumy Region.

The program "The Face of Death" of Sumy Television on November 22, 2008 is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor — a crime of the Soviet regime.

On the video: fragments of Soviet black-and-white chronicles; cover of the book "Holodomor in Sumy Region. In the Memories of Eyewitnesses", research expedition; village of Byshkin, various plans, residents; village cemetery; monument to Lenin in Hlukhiv; opening of the Monument to the Victims of the Holodomor in the city of Hlukhiv; Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, various angles; moscow, kremlin, mausoleum; protesters with flags of the communist party on Independence Square in Sumy, archive; Kyiv, monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky; Dniprovska HPP.

Comments: testimonies of residents of the village of Byshkin, eyewitnesses of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 Maria Kurylo, Vira Isayeva, Pelageya Tokar, Vasyl Leshchenko, Dmytro Olkhovyk, Polina Kleymyonova, Ivan Korzh; Director of the State Archives of Sumy Region Gennady Ivanushchenko; Head of the Kyiv organization of the Memorial Society Roman Krutsyk; Head of the project "Holodomor in Sumy Region in the Memory of the People" Serhiy Pyatachenko; Sculptor Gennady Matyukhin; Head of the State Committee of Archives of Ukraine Oleksandr Udod.

Author — Kostyantyn Yelishevich.

“The Face of Death”: Holodomor in Sumy Region

April 14, 2006, Stepove village, Sumy region.

Sumy TV. The program “The World of a Distant Star. Mykhailivska Tsilyna” is dedicated to the steppe nature reserve of the same name.

On the video: various plans of the reserve, flora and fauna; interview with Lydia Sheremet; National Nature Park “Cossack Steppe” named after Peter Kalnyshevsky, history of creation; Lydia Sheremet’s collection of scarves, the life of the director; award ceremony.

Commented by ecologist, director of the “Mykhailivska Tsilyna” nature reserve Lydia Sheremet.

Steppe Reserve “Mykhailivska Tsilyna”

August 19, 2006, Putyvl city, Sumy region.

Sumy television. The program “At the Crossroads of Centuries” is dedicated to the city of Putyvl and the annual art festival “Golden Water Lily”.

On the video: the city of Putyvl, various plans, landscapes, river; performance of folklore groups, fair, children at the festival; ancient song tradition of the Goryunov performed by Lukeria Kosheleva; various monuments, in particular to Sydor Kovpak and Yaroslavna; Sophrony Monastery, various angles; memorial “Bell of Sorrow”.

Comments: head of the Putyvl community in moscow Nina Kibrik; soloist of the folk group “Seranok” (Sumy city) Olena Goncharenko; head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Young Folklore Researchers Ilya Fetysov; festival guest Sofia Kibrik; head of the department of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve in the city of Putyvl Nadiya Storchaka; mayor of Putyvl Galina Menshova; deputy chairman of the Putyvl district council Mykola Sutulin; graphic artist Inna Entina; artist, poet Andriy Ustymchik.

The program was worked on by: Raisa Stoyan, Viktor Lapchenko, Olena Borysenko, Oleksandr Demydenko, Olena Narodytska.

“At the Crossroads of Centuries”: Putyvl city

October 10, 1996, Sumy.

The video shows the National Foundation for Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation, which pays compensation to concentration camp prisoners and Ostarbeiters. 

A woman is applying for a payment, people are waiting in line, a man is receiving Deutschmarks; the Regional State Archive, a poster “Greetings from Germany,” photographs, letters, documents, files of forcibly deported Ukrainians, newspapers.

Note: Payments to former forced laborers from Ukraine were made by the Ukrainian National Foundation for Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation, which later became a partner organization of the Foundation for Memory, Responsibility, and the Future. The foundation was founded after an agreement was signed on December 16, 1992, between Boris Yeltsin and Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl. This agreement, among other things, determined the amount of payments for citizens of russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The russian federation and Ukraine received 400 million Deutschmarks each, and Belarus received 200 million Deutschmarks, intended for payments to victims of the National Socialist regime. The agreement concluded in 1993 between Germany, russia, Ukraine and Belarus defined the categories of persons who suffered from the Nazi regime. These included those who had been held in concentration camps, prisons, or ghettos, as well as those who had worked for at least six months in forced labor. The list of victims also included children who were forcibly adopted or kept in labor camps.

Forcibly removed

Sumy Regional TV and Radio Company, 2008. Program on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of Hlukhiv as the Hetman's capital. 

The video shows shots of the autumn city, people, churches, monuments, the bus station, Kyiv Gate, archival photos of the city, historical figures.  It tells about the history of the city, the proclamation of anathema to Ivan Mazepa, the destruction of churches and the execution of Cossacks by order of the russian tsar, Taras Shevchenko's stay in Hlukhiv, and the creation of the Singing School.

Comments: Viktor Zaika, senior lecturer at Hlukhiv Pedagogical University; Yurii Kovalenko, historian, archaeologist, employee of the Hlukhiv Historical and Cultural Reserve; Serhii Slesarev, director of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve.

Author: Raisa Stoyan.