Sumy television, 2008. The program “The village as if it burned down...” about villages that are dying out. 

The video shows the village of Ulitsa: a village hut, villagers in national costumes, a blooming apple tree; abandoned villages, ruined houses, left behind belongings of the owners, old fences that have been tilted; thickets and weeds, an old garden; the old cemetery of the Rih hamlet; the last resident of the village who left her home and moved closer to people in the village of Pyharivka; a swallow's nest in the abandoned house of Pelageya Baranova; the railway track is overgrown with weeds; the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, deputies, politicians: Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoshenko; administrative building of the Sumy Regional Council, deputies, session of the regional council, considering the issue of excluding Myrne village of Velykopysarivskyi district from the register of settlements; village wedding; sunrise. 

Interview: Maria Myach, a resident of Ulytsia village; Oleksii Senchurin, the village head of Znob-Trubchevske village; Pelageia Baranova, a resident of Pyharivka village; Mykola Sadokhin, a resident of Karpenkove village; Hanna and Mykola Pavlenko, the last residents of Vasylivske village.

Sumy region: villages that are dying out

Sumy Television. The program "Let There Always Be Children" for June 1, 2005 is dedicated to the holiday on the occasion of Children's Day in the city of Putyvil, Sumy region.

In the video: children playing and drawing near the school; blitz poll of adults about children's safety; school, holiday program, preparation for children's performances; blitz poll of children about children's dreams; children's dance performances and Cossack games.

Commented by the deputy head of the Putyvil District State Administration Valeriy Ozarenko.

The program was worked on by: Oksana Datsko, Olena Shevchenko, Oleksandr Brusovtsov, Serhiy Konoz.

Children's Day: Putyvil, 2005

Sumy Television. The program "Let's Give the Globe to Children" for June 1, 2005 is dedicated to the holiday on the occasion of Children's Day in the city of Sumy.

On the video: "Kazka" park, children on rides, various games and competitions; children's blitz poll about the meaning of the holiday; girls sing and dance on an improvised stage.

Comments: students Margarita Bondarchuk and Iryna Klymenko; Sumy resident Yulia Dovzhyk.

Host — Tamara Barabash.

"Let's Give the Globe to Children": Children's Holiday

2005, Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program “Fate Blessed by Heaven” is dedicated to the work of the district inspector of the Krolevets district police department, Ihor Vorobiov.

In the video: screenshots, the village of Spaske (until 2016 Leninske), shots of the village, a nest with a stork, the district inspector's office, receiving citizens, walking around the village, communicating with residents, the district inspector's office in Krolevets, the secondary school of the village of Spaske, children.

Comments: district inspector of the Krolevets district police department Ihor Vorobyov; head of the village council Vasyl Kravchenko; local school director Natalia Sukhozhenko; wife of the district inspector Nadiia Vorobyova.

The work of a district police officer in the village of Spaske

Sumy TV, 2010. A report on the St. Petersburg-Kyiv rally with the participation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and russian president dmitry medvedev.

On the video: Bryansk region, helicopters with presidential teams landing in Bryansk region; dmitry medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych meeting, visiting an exhibition of vintage cars, sitting together in one of them; driving two Pobeda cars to Sumy region; meeting of the presidents in Hlukhiv; many people with Russian symbols; cars of the rally, Yanukovych's Pobeda with the license plate “Druzhba”; laying flowers at the Memorial of Glory; a veteran, journalists, flags of the two countries; an exhibition of vintage cars.

Interview: Yuriy Chmyry, head of Sumy Regional State Administration; Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine; dmitry medvedev, president of the russian federation.

Reference: Hlukhiv is a town in Sumy region, in the border area with Russia. Between February 24 and the end of March 2022, Hlukhiv and the north of Sumy region were surrounded by Russian troops, practically in complete isolation. The state border itself was open, and enemy vehicles were moving along the highway from there. It was almost impossible to provide the population with food and medicine.

With the liberation of Sumy region in early April 2022, the situation gradually stabilized, but the Hlukhiv community is constantly under enemy fire.

St. Petersburg - Kyiv rally: Glukhov

Sumy television, 2010. Program “Sumy Agrarian Region”, village of Ryasne.

On the video: green meadows, grass is being mowed, agricultural machinery is working; Ryasnianske society, administrative premises; house of culture, bathhouse, hotel; monument to the fallen during the Second World War; livestock farm, cows; teak, workers, agricultural machinery; pig complex, breeding pigs; pig breeding complex; ready-made sausages; dining room; unfinished church; director's office, family photo.

Interview: Yurii Tsapliienko, general director of the Ryasnyanske company (in russian); Vitalii Homolia, chief zootechnician of the company; Vira Anisimova, head of the MTF No. 2; Mykola Korol, tractor driver.

Background: Ryasne is a village in Sumy region, located on the border with Russia. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, it has been under constant enemy fire. A mandatory evacuation has been announced, but some of the locals remain. The enterprise in the video was often shelled, so it relocated to a safer place.

Ryasne village: 2010

Sumy television, 2006. The program “Sumy Agrarian Region” tells about the Ugroydy Sugar Plant.

In the video: autumn; agricultural machinery, digging sugar beets; sugar factory; trucks with sugar beets; production line; laboratory; factory workers; sugar in bags on a conveyor. Interview: Oleksandr Koshchienko, deputy director of the plant; Vasyl Hanychko, chief engineer of the plant; plant employees.

For reference: Ugroids is a village in Sumy region, on the border with Russia. Since the full-scale invasion, it has been under constant enemy fire. Private houses, a cultural center, a dormitory, and a kindergarten were destroyed. Local residents are constantly being evacuated from the village.

The village of Ugroids: 2006

Sumy television, 2010. Program “Province” - the history of the village of Hrabovske.

On the video: private houses, local residents, a monument; village day and celebrations on the occasion of Pavlo Hrabovskyi's 146th birthday; museum, exhibits, archival documents, photos, books; opening of the border crossing point between Ukraine and Russia, ribbon cutting; flags of the two states, a barrier; a survey of local residents about the opening of the checkpoint, people rejoice; symbolic crossing of the border by the heads of two districts - Krasnopil and Krasnoyaruzky (Russia); health marathon, concert.

Interview: Tamara Ishchenko, deputy head of the Sumy Regional State Administration; Mykola Berezin, deputy of the Sumy Regional Council; Nadiya Skoropad, head of the Pavlo Grabovsky Museum; Mykola Birchenko, head of the Krasnopilsky District State Administration; Valeriy Burba, head of the administration of the Krasnoyaruzsky District (Russia).

For reference: Grabovske is a village in Sumy region, located a few meters from the Ukrainian-Russian border. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the community has been under constant enemy shelling. The village is almost destroyed, and evacuation is mandatory.

Grabovske in Sumy region: 2010

Sumy television, 2010. The program “Province” tells the story of Myropillia village.

The video shows a panorama of the village from above; the bridge connecting Myropillia and Zapsillia; the ancient village center; the forest, river, nature of the village; local residents; a bus; a fountain; a school, children; a church, bell tower, altar; St. Nicholas Monastery; a panorama of the Russian village of Hornal, which is located nearby; a private animal farm. Interview: Archimandrite Vissarion, abbot of the monastery;Natalia Pulakh, the head of the village, talks about the history of the village, crafts, sorghum cultivation, and broom making; Andrii Yevtushenko, the owner of a private farm (in russian).

For reference: Myropillia is a village in Sumy Oblast, located one kilometer from the Ukrainian-Russian border. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the community has been under constant enemy shelling. Residential and administrative buildings, the church, and the bridge connecting Myropillia with Sumy have been damaged. There is often no electricity in the community, and it is not always possible to deliver food there. People are constantly being evacuated from the area because of constant massive shelling. A private farm that was evacuated in the video in March 2025.

Myropillya in the Sumy region: 2010

August 12, 2004, Sumy Regional TV and Radio Company. The program “Golden Water Lilies (notes from the festival)” is dedicated to the 2nd International Art Festival in Putivl.

In the video: screensavers, the House of Culture, festival participants in the hall, art works, singing with a guitar.

Commentary: poet Borys Vakhniuk; artist, festival organizer Nina Kibryk; monumentalist Felix Bukh.

Putivl Golden Waterlily Festival

Sumy Television. The episode "Romenska Madonna" from the cycle program "Zemlyaky" for May 25, 2012 is dedicated to the mother-heroine Oleksandra Derevska.

On the video: black-and-white chronicles of World War II, different shots; Derevska's pupils talk about the mother-heroine; photos of Oleksandra Derevska, biography; monument to Oleksandra Derevska in Romny near the boarding school; the house of the Derevsky family in Romny, interior of the apartment, sewing machine, photos of parents and children on the walls; Oleksandra Derevska's grave, commemorative plaque; evening of remembrance.

Comments: Oleksandra Derevska's adopted children - Lidiya Tishchenko, Yuriy Derevsky, Alla Serbina.

Reference: Oleksandra Derevskaya is a Ukrainian mother-heroine who, together with her husband, adopted 65 children, of whom she raised 48 to adulthood. She worked as the director of an orphanage, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Mother-Heroine".

"Romenska Madonna": Oleksandra Derevska

January 19, 2001, Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program “Province” is dedicated to the Molchensky Convent of the UOC-MP in Putivl.

The video shows: backgrounds, snow, city view, monument to Yaroslavna, stand-up journalist, Molchensky Convent, church, bell tower, underground passages, room for receiving ambassadors of Tsar False Dmitry I, destroyed and restored temples of the monastery, service in the church, blessing of water on Epiphany, nuns, housework, prayers, St. Nicholas Mountain, monument to Sidor Kovpak.

Comments: Angelina, a nun; Mother Theodosia, the abbess of the monastery, about donations for the revival of the monastery, support and help from local residents, the path to monasticism, service to God, and the shrine of the monastery - the Silent Miraculous Icon of the Virgin Mary.

Author: Raisa Stoyan.