2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Public Security Bureau. The program from the series "Glushyna on the Border" is dedicated to the village of Pavlivka on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

In the video: screensavers, village footage, residents' stories, filming from a quadcopter, agriculture, agricultural machinery, farm, House of Culture, school, abandoned estate of Prince D. Khilkov, dilapidated building of the former Olhyn hospital.

Comments: headman of Pavlivka Svitlana Fedorchenko; owner of the "Nomirovsky" family farm Mykola Nomirovsky; deputy director of the "Knyazivske" family farm Serhiy Titov; school director Yuriy Andrusenko; history teacher Marina Shykula; village residents Maria Vasylivna, Serhiy Neychev.

The village of Pavlovka on the border with Russia

Sumy Television. The program "There Will Be Bread, There Will Be a Song" for February 26, 2006 is dedicated to the concert program and the award ceremony for the best in agriculture, culture, education, medicine and law enforcement agencies based on the results of the labor competition of 2005 in Sumy Region.

On the video: a concert of creative groups of Sumy District, artists in national costumes, women singing folk songs; performance by Tetyana Finashko; spectators, different shots; men singing folk songs; fields and farms of agricultural societies, sugar beets, meat processing plant.

Comments: Director of the Pidlisnivska branch of CJSC "Rise-Agro" Serhiy Holovach; Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Tetyana Finashko; Chief Zootechnician of LLC "Khlibodar" Iryna Yatsyna; Director of OJSC "Sumy Food Plant" Oleksandr Malyuk; First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Glushkovsky District of the Russian Federation Fedor Otrokhov; Private entrepreneur Yuriy Lebid; Head of the Sumy District State Administration Mykola Solovey; Chief Physician of the Stepanivka District Hospital Igor Girman; Head of the Sumy District Council Vyacheslav Nefedov.

"There Will Be Bread, There Will Be a Song": Labor Competitions in Sumy District

2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. An episode from the series ‘The Wilderness on the Border’ dedicated to the village of Ryzivka on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

The video features: opening credits, the border strip passing by the village, shots of the village, the House of Culture, the village head performing the song ‘Yaseny’, the head's office, a bus stop, a tractor ploughing a field, the Seim River, a ferry crossing, a village school, children on the sports field, footage from a quadcopter, cemetery, stories of village residents. 

Comments: Ryzivka village head Oleksandr Chekh; local residents.

The village of Ryzivka on the border with Russia

Sumy TV. The program "Krolevets'ki Rushnyky" from December 14, 2005 is dedicated to the All-Ukrainian Literary and Art Festival "Krolevets'ki Rushnyky" in the city of Krolevets, Sumy region.

On the video: musical and dance performances; All-Ukrainian Literary and Art Festival "Krolevets'ki Rushnyky", towels of the Krolevets factory "Khudozhne tkatstvo", other embroidered products, works of decorative and applied art, children's drawings; performances, blitz polls of festival participants.

Comments: Chief Specialist of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Vanda Polisayeva; People's Artist of Ukraine, Head of the Jury of the "Amulets of Ukraine" Competition Evdokia Kolesnyk; Grand Prix winner of the "Amulets of Ukraine" Competition, author and performer from Lutsk Halyna Konakh; Grand Prix winner of the song contest last year Oleksandr Leontiev; poet, Honored Artist of Ukraine, head of the organizing committee of the festival "Krolevetski Rushnyky" Mykhailo Shevchenko; poet, head of the press service of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine Mykola Hrytsenko; poet, deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Sumshchyna" Oleksandr Vertil; People's Artist of Ukraine, Beregyna of the 11th festival "Krolevetski Rushnyky" Lydia Mykhailenko.

Festival "Krolevets'ki Rushnyky"

Sumy Television. The program "Pryimak State" from May 25, 2006, is dedicated to the celebration of Pryimak Day in the village of Novoselivka, Sumy Region.

In the video: village views, farm, a pryimak cleaning the yard and doing other household chores; blitz poll of villagers about traditions on "Pryimak Day"; songs, the pryimak oath, competitions.

Reference: Pryimak Day is a local folk holiday that highlights the social phenomenon of the pryimak — a man who, after marriage, lives in his wife's family. It combines elements of humorous honoring of sons-in-law and mothers-in-law and serves as a form of preserving local traditions.

"Pryimak Day" in Sumy Region

Sumy Television. Broadcast "Visit to Sumy Region of Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine His Holiness Filaret" from September 20, 2005.

On video: Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Sumy, sermon of the Patriarch, divine service; laying of flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko; communication of the Patriarch with the Sumy community, speech of Filaret on the need to increase and strengthen the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, presentation of church awards.

Comments: Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine His Holiness Filaret; Deputy Head of Sumy Regional State Administration Oleh Medunytsia.

Patriarch Filaret's Visit to Sumy Region

Sumy Television. The episode of the cycle program "Seven Wonders of Sumy Region" from October 30, 2008 is dedicated to the Church of the Transfiguration in the city of Glukhiv.

On the video: the city of Glukhiv, various plans of the church, exterior and interior, history of the temple; Glukhiv State Historical and Cultural Reserve, everyday life of the city.

Comments: archaeologist, historian, employee of the Glukhiv State Historical and Cultural Reserve Yuriy Kovalenko; rector of the Church of the Transfiguration of the UOC MP Archpriest Alexei Rodionov; director of the Glukhiv State Historical and Geographical Reserve Sergey Slesarev.

The program was worked on by: Raisa Stoyan, Viktor Lapchenko, Olena Borysenko, Sergey Konoz.

Reference: The Transfiguration Church in Hlukhiv is an architectural monument of national importance, belonging to the tetraconch type of temples. Built in the 18th century, it combines features of traditional Ukrainian architecture and classicist additions of the 19th century. During the restoration work, a unique 18th-century wall painting was discovered, which is of significant artistic and historical value.

"Seven Wonders of Sumy Region": Church of the Transfiguration

2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. An episode from the series ‘The Wilderness on the Border’ dedicated to the village of Iskryskivshchyna on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

The video features: opening credits, shots of the village, footage from a quadcopter, stories of local residents, local historian Mykola Babak treating viewers to his own grapes, domestic animals, the Church of St. Barbara the Martyr, the burial place of Ukrainian entrepreneur Ivan Tereshchenko, the village club, the disco, the female vocal ensemble ‘Vidrada’ performing songs, local resident Nadiya Litovchenko crocheting colourful rugs. 

Comments: local residents; local historian Mykola Babak on the history of the village, its proximity to the border with Russia, the burial place of I. Tereshchenko, and the history of the wooden Church of St. Barbara the Martyr.

The village of Iskryskivshchyna on the border with russia

2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. A programme from the series ‘The Wilderness on the Border’ dedicated to the village of Velyka Rybitsa on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

The video features: opening credits, shots of the village, footage from a quadcopter, the Psel River, stories of local residents, artist Nadiya Stepanenko showing her work, domestic animals, an apiary, beekeepers Oleksandr and Lyudmila Sirostan, kayaking, a recreation centre, the Rybitsa River, and Gorodishche.

Comments: artist Nadiya Stepanenko; beekeepers Oleksandr and Lyudmila Sirostan; recreation centre owner Oleksandr Synytsia.

The village of Velyka Rybitsa on the border with russia

2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. An episode from the series ‘The Wilderness on the Border’ dedicated to the village of Bezsalivka on the Ukrainian-Russian border. 

The video features: opening credits, shots of the village, stories of its residents, abandoned houses, footage from a quadcopter, an old cemetery, Bilopilya, and fragments of black-and-white newsreels. Commentary by Yurii Zark, head of the Bilopilya Territorial Community.

The village of Bezsalivka on the border with russia

July 4, 2015, Sumy.

A plot about a terrorist attack in the office of the "Batkivshchyna" party. The scene of the explosion in an apartment building, the consequences of the terrorist attack, the destruction of the party office, special services and the police are working.

Comments: expert explosives technician, NDEKC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vitaliy Manko; deputy of the Sumy City Council of the "Batkivshchyna" party, Semen Salatenko; head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sumy region, Anatoly Richkal; representative of the USBU in Sumy region, Yuriy Goncharov.

Explosion at the office of the Batkivshchyna party

August 24, 2004, Sumy.

Video shows the Independence Day celebrations. Independence Square, the administrative building of the Sumy Regional State Administration, a rally on the occasion of the holiday, raising the national flag, Druzhba Square, a festive concert, performances by children's groups of the city, a fountain, a festive procession to the monument to T. Shevchenko, laying flowers, a concert by creative groups of the city in Shevchenko Square, a blitz poll: Sumy residents about Independence, a children's entertainment program in the "Kazka" children's park.

Speeches: Head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Volodymyr Shcherban; Honorary Citizen of Sumy Mykhailo Lushpa; Sumy City Mayor Volodymyr Omelchenko; Head of the Sumy Regional Council Mark Berfman.