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.

Independence Day in Sumy, 2004

Sumy TV. The June 19, 2006 issue of the "Provincia" program is dedicated to the history of the village of Pustoviytivka.

On the video: landscapes of Sumy region, forests, hills, Sula River; the village of Pustoviytivka, a monument to the Cossack ataman Petr Kalnyshevsky; St. Nicholas Church and the Holy Trinity Church, the history of the village, various plans of churches; a blitz poll of villagers about local Cossack families; reconstruction of the church; landscapes of Pustoviytivka, Scythian mounds.

Comments: residents of the village of Pustoviytivka Maria Nesterova, Olga Kovalenko; foreman Serhiy Holub; director of the Romensky Museum of Local Lore Volodymyr Panchenko.

Journalist — Raisa Stoyan.

Reference: Pustoviytivka is a village in the Romensky district of the Sumy region, known since 1252. Located on the left bank of the Sula River, it is associated with the name of the last kosh ataman of the Zaporozhian Sich, Petro Kalnyshevsky, who was born on a nearby farm. It has significant historical monuments, including the rebuilt Holy Trinity Church of 1773 and the Pustoviytovsky hydrological reserve.

History of the village of Pustoviytivka

Sumy Television. The program "In Search of Truth" for April 13, 2007 is dedicated to the commander of the Putyvl partisan detachment, Soviet partisan Sydor Kovpak, and the partisan movement in Sumy Region.

On the video: the forests of Sumy Region, the director of the archive talks about documentation and memoirs about the partisan movement in Sumy Region; a scientific commentary by historian Halyna Korogod, talks about the thefts of partisans; photo archives of Sydor Kovpak and Semyon Rudnev's partisan detachment; a black-and-white chronicle with the participation of Sydor Kovpak.

Comments: Director of the State Archives of Sumy Region Gennady Ivanushchenko; Candidate of Historical Sciences, local historian Halyna Korogod.

Archival documents from the funds of the State Archives of Sumy Region were used.

The program was produced by: Raisa Stoyan, Olena Borisenko, Oleksandr Novozhon, Oleksandr Demydenko, Natalya Narolnytska.

Partisan Movement in Sumy Region

Sumy Television. The program for July 7, 2005 "Let's go hiking or the features of the romance of tourist life" is dedicated to the tourist boom in the Glukhiv district of the Sumy region.

In the video: men are setting up tents, cooking food on a campfire; a tent camp, a poll of the hikers about what a real tourist is like; starting a generator, vacationers are preparing dinner.

The program was worked on by: Anna Chernobay, Yana Dovgopol, Oleksandr Novozhon, Serhiy Konoz.

"Let's go hiking!" program

Sumy Television. The program for August 3, 2005 "Summer, Youth, Kayaks" is dedicated to kayaking on the Seim River in the Sumy region.

In the video: the village of Kamin, Sumy region, various views of the Seim River; a tent camp, tourist equipment, kayaks; rafting participants are preparing for the trip; young people on the river.

Comments: Head of the Regional Department for Family and Youth Affairs Viktor Bobyrenko; rafting participants Andriy Bukin, Iryna Merkun, Maksym Minayev.

"Summer, Youth, Kayaks": Rafting on the Seim River

Sumy TV. The program "Sumshchyna v Imenakh" from September 2, 2005 is dedicated to the history of the creation of the city of Sumy and its founder Gerasim Kondratyev.

On the video: landscapes of Sumy region, the city, the Psel River, various plans; Museum of the History of the Sloboda Cossacks, exposition, a painting by Gerasim Kondratyev during his lifetime; archival photographs of the Holy Resurrection Church.

Colonel of the Sumy Regiment of the Sloboda Cossacks and founder of the Gerasim Kondratyev Museum — Sergey Kondratenko talks about the history of the Sloboda Cossacks, the museum of the history of the Sloboda Cossacks, the construction of the Smolensk fortress, and the patronage of the Kondratyev family.

Materials from the collections of the Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore and the Museum of the Sumy Regiment of the Slobid Cossacks named after Gerasym Kondratiev were used.

The program was created by: Anna Chernobay, Viktor Lapchenko, Anna Klymenko, Oleksandr Dyadchenko.

Gerasim Kondratyev — founder of the city of Sumy

Sumy TV. The April 18, 2010 issue of the "Fanclub" program is dedicated to the Sumy rock band "Etsetera".

On the video: fragments of concert performances by the rock band "Etsetera", the stage of the Sumy Theater for Children and Youth; a flash interview with the band members; the band's video clip for the song "Zhyty"; the audience, various plans.

The members of the "Etsetera" band comment: soloist Volodymyr Nyankin, bassist Oleksandr Bulyuk, guitarist Yaroslav Ivanov.

Host — Ulyana Dryuchkova.

"Etsetera": New Ukrainian Rock

Sumy TV. The program "Zoryanyi Summer" for June 29, 2005 is dedicated to the children's camp "Zoryanyi" for children of employees of the chemical industry plant "Sumykhimprom".

In the video: the camp area, the camp emblem, children playing; blitz poll of children about the camp.

Comments: schoolgirls Margarita Fomenko, Dasha Antonechko; director of the health camp "Zoryanyi" of OJSC "Sumykhimprom" Tetyana Marchenko; deputy chairman of the united trade union committee of OJSC "Sumykhimprom" Natalya Kolesova; mother of the vacationer Natalya Martynenko; teacher Tatyana Grishchenko.

Children's camp "Zoryanyi"

Sumy Television. The program "Kupala Night" for June 7, 2005 is dedicated to the theatrical holiday "Kupala Night" in the city of Lebedyn, Sumy region.

In the video: a pond, a festive bonfire, girls and boys in folk costumes singing songs; floating wreaths on the water; blitz polls for children; performances by pop and amateur folklore groups; a ceremony to search for a fern flower; lighting a bonfire.

The program was created by: Oksana Datsko, Yana Dovgopol, Oleksandr Brusovtsov, Ruslan Pavlov, Oleksandr Konoz.

Kupala Night on Lebedyn Land

Sumy television, 2006. Program “Shalyhynе - a European-style outpost”.

On the video: opening of the outpost in the village of Shalygino, Hlukhiv district, representatives of the state and regional authorities at the opening; administrative building, a sign with the name, certificates, border guards; photos of the old border outpost; new outpost, service apartments; a group of illegal migrants detained; raising the state flag over the newly built outpost, cutting the ribbon and handing the head of the outpost a symbolic key, consecration; awarding the best border guards; the largest operational department of the Sumy border guard detachment, engineering facilities of the border strip, observation tower. Interview: Mykhailo Koval, First Deputy Head of the State Border Guard Service; Nina Harkava, Head of the Sumy Regional State Administration.

Background: Shalyhyne is a village in Sumy region, the center of the community. It is located 20 km from the city of Hlukhiv and 10 km from the Hlukhiv-Kursk highway. Since the beginning of the full-scale conflict, the community has been under constant enemy shelling. As of April 2025, the evacuation of the population continues, with 222 people remaining in the community. No children live there. There is damage to civilian infrastructure after Russian shelling, and people have been injured.