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chronicles of the Soviet era; specialists talk about the Soviet terror in the Sumy region, demonstrate an unpublished collection of memoirs of Holodomor eyewitnesses; employees at work, everyday life of an archival specialist.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.

Ukrainian Academy of Banking

Sumy TV. The program "Povstanska Vatra — 2006" from October 19, 2006 is dedicated to the all-Ukrainian training of youth with the support of the Youth Nationalist Congress.

On the video: the village of Zagrebellya, Sumy region; youth setting up a camp; comments from participants about the purpose of the event; the camp commandant talks about the structure and hierarchy of the camp.

Comments: campers "Smereka", "Dzyga", "Kobra"; Deputy Chairman of the Youth Nationalist Congress Heorhiy Sakhnyuk; camp commandant Volodymyr Nelasy; writer Viktor Rog.

Povstanska Vatra — 2006

2007, Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. A programme from the series ‘Fellow Countrymen’ dedicated to the futurist artist David Burliuk.

The video features: opening credits, a mini-museum of the artist, landscapes of the village of Ryabushky and Lebedynshchyna, museum exhibits, a reproduction of the painting ‘Rainy Morning,’ the Semyrotivka farmstead (removed from the register in the 1990s, now the Burliuk tract), the artist's granddaughter takes a clod of earth from her grandfather's homeland as a souvenir.

Comments: Lidiya Kravchenko, history teacher at the Ryabushky village school; scientist Oleksandr Parnis; art historian Dmytro Gorbachev; David Burliuk's granddaughter Mary Burliuk-Holt.

Reference: David Burliuk was a Ukrainian and American avant-garde artist, poet and art theorist, and one of the founders of futurism. He was born in the Kharkiv region, studied at art schools in Odessa, Munich and Paris, and later emigrated to the United States. His work combines elements of cubism, futurism and folk art.

Mini-museum of the artist David Burliuk

2007, Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. The programme ‘Symphony in Porcelain’ is dedicated to Sumy Porcelain Factory JSC.

The video features: opening credits, shots of the city, finished products, tableware, factory workers, the manufacturing process, specialised equipment, glazing of tableware, decoration, and souvenir products. 

Comments: Chair of the Board, Director Svitlana Romaniuk; porcelain moulder Galina Semenova; Chief Technologist Volodymyr Sytnik; Head of the Painting Workshop Yulia Moskalenko; Chief Artist Olena Smirnova; Chair of the Trade Union Committee Hanna Kolomiets.

Author: Kateryna Ivanenko.

Sumy Porcelain Factory

The project for the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Sumy region.

The video shows a black-and-white chronicle: village, peasants, cows, grain in the fields, working agricultural machinery, machine-building and refining plants, Sumy cloth factory, animals.

Sumyshchyna: 1939

Sumy Television. The episode "Tapepes of Halina Mykhailichenko" of the "Zemlyaky" series from October 26, 2002 is dedicated to the creation of tapestries by the Sumy craftswoman, artist Halina Mykhailichenko.

On the video: an interview with the Mykhailichenko couple, stories about creativity and creative style; workshop; Halina Mykhailichenko talks about her work, works at the machine; demonstration of works: tapestries "Rhobyna", "Primrose", triptych "Ave Maria".

Comments: theater artist, member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine Viktor Mykhailichenko; artist, member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine Halina Mykhailichenko.

Author — Lyudmila Chugay.

Reference: Viktor and Halyna Mykhailychenko are a married couple of Ukrainian artists who have made a significant contribution to the development of scenography, decorative and applied arts and easel art in Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Viktor Mykhailychenko is a theater artist, laureate of the Hamza State Prize of Uzbekistan, the author of the design of over 60 performances and numerous paintings. Halyna Mykhailychenko is known for her tapestries with motifs of nature and mythology, and is a participant in all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions. Their works are kept in leading museum and private collections in Ukraine and the world.

Tapestries of Halina Mykhailichenko

Sumy TV. The episode of the program "Provintsiya" from May 5, 2000 is dedicated to the city of Trostyanets in Sumy region.

On the video: "Smorodyne" station, Trostyanets parks; "Neskuchne" tract, ancient oak; Trostyanets forest research station, rare plants; "Kraft Jacobs Suchard" chocolate factory, "Korona" chocolate; interview with the factory director; history of the town's residents; interview with healer Ivan Lyuborets, talks about his profession, shows photos; monument to Tchaikovsky, about the creation of the "Thunderstorm" overture; large family of Ivan and Olga Konoz, blitz poll of children about everyday life.

Comments: folk healer Ivan Lyuborets; factory director Mykola Shvets; parents with many children Olga and Ivan Konoz.

Host — Raisa Stoyan.

Reference: Trostyanets is known as a historical Slobozhansk manor town with an ensemble of monuments of the 18th–19th centuries (in particular, the Round Yard and park complexes) and as an important railway junction with the Trostyanets-Smorodyne station. The food industry stands out in the city's modern economy, primarily the Trostyanets Chocolate Factory "Ukraine". During the full-scale war, the city became a symbol of resistance and recovery after the Russian occupation in February–March 2022, and on September 30, 2025, it received the honorary title "Hero City of Ukraine".


History of the city of Trostyanets

December 26, 2004, Sumy.

In the video: polling station, work of the commission, counting of votes; people vote, the commission accepts passports from citizens, issues ballots; ballot box, various plans; posters with candidates for president of Ukraine, biographical data; polling station No. 70, elderly people vote; preparation for recounting votes, work of the election commission.

Polling stations in the city of Sumy, 2004

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 TV. The program "Oleksiy Berest — Trial by Fate" from August 31, 2005 is dedicated to the biography of the veteran of the Soviet-German war, Hero of Ukraine Oleksiy Berest, and the grand opening of the monument in the city of Okhtyrka, Sumy region.

On the video: the opening ceremony, a theatrical performance with elements of Soviet propaganda, laying flowers; the monument from different angles, a commemorative plaque; veterans talk about Oleksiy Berest.

Comments: Oleksiy Berest's daughter Iryna Berest; Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoliy Hrytsenko; veterans Mykhailo Dzyubin, Oleksiy Chumak, Matviy Gnitii; Head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Mykola Lavryk.

Reference: Oleksiy Berest is a Ukrainian soldier of the Red Army, a direct participant in the installation of the "Victory Banner" over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945, whose role was recorded in military documents, but deliberately marginalized by Soviet official historiography. In modern Ukraine, he is recognized as a Hero of Ukraine (2005, posthumously) as a participant in World War II and a symbol of the unjust exclusion of Ukrainians from the Soviet heroic narrative. The awarding of the title of Hero of the russian federation to him in 2025 is considered by Ukrainian researchers as an element of modern Russian memorial and propaganda policy aimed at the retrospective appropriation of figures of Ukrainian origin within the framework of imperial discourse.

Oleksiy Berest: Monument Unveiling

Sumy TV. The program "The country begins with the borders" from September 9, 2005 is dedicated to the work of the border post "Sopych" in the Sumy region.

In the video: the state border of Ukraine and russia, the border village of Sopych, local residents; villagers talk about the improvement of life after the opening of the post; the checkpoint "Bachivsk" on the highway "Kyiv — moscow", the work of border guards; the work of the post, the territory, the training of the military; a blitzpoll of schoolchildren about the prestige of service in the State Border Service of Ukraine.

Comments: head of the technical support group, senior technician of the post Vitaly Panchenko; resident of the village of Sopych Natalia Zubkova; head of the department of inspectors of the Border Service of Ukraine Ihor Grobotsov; deputy head of the border post "Sopych" Dmytro Andriyashesky; director of the Sopych school Vasyl Oleksienko.

The program was worked on by: Liliya Naumova, Olena Borisenko, Viktor Lapchenko, Oleksandr Dyadchenko.