Sumy Television. The August 14, 2006 issue of the program “Terra Incognita” is dedicated to the history of the Bilsk hillfort (part two).

On the video: “Gold of the Scythians”: Scythian gold, photos of jewelry, Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla, burial mounds, different angles of the summer meadow; gold signet ring with a chariot; photos of archaeological excavations, ceramic products, various types of Greek amphorae, examples of Scythian weapons, different types; Akinaki swords, collection; women's tombs: jewelry, photos of jewelry, Greek perfumes, death masks, anthropomorphic figures from burial mounds; wheat fields, horses, peasants, objects of rural life; fragments of the films “Alexander” and “Genghis Khan”.

Comments: Director of the Bilsk Historical and Cultural Reserve Viktor Pryimak; Associate Professor of the Volodymyr Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University Petro Gavrish.

The following people worked on the release: Tetyana Holub, Oleksandr Novozhon, Olena Borysenko, Oleksandr Dyadchenko, Volodymyr Kolesnyk, Olga Ivanova.

“Terra Incognita”: Bilskoye settlement, part 2

Sumy Television. The August 4, 2006 issue of the program “Terra Incognita” is dedicated to the history of the Bilsk settlement (part one).

On the video: Kyiv temples; Sumy, city architecture; Chernihiv, the Transfiguration Cathedral; Rivne, the Holy Resurrection Cathedral; “City of Scythians — Gelon”: Bilsk settlement, hills, landscape of the monument, different angles, the presenter tells the history of the city; Scythian mounds, villages around the monument; photos of archaeological monuments of the Scythian period, artifacts (among them — the sword Akinak); Historical and Cultural Reserve “Bilsk”, maps, history of research; Vorskla River, Sukha Hrun; photos of archaeological excavations of different years; village, well, apiary, examples of dugouts; drawings of dwellings of the Scythian period; Scythian pantheon: images of gods; “Scythian superpower”: city square, research of an ancient metropolis, an archaeologist photographs hills; historical reconstruction of the Mongol invasion; Scythian gold, photos of jewelry from museum collections.

Comments: Associate Professor of the Volodymyr Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University Petro Gavrish; Director of the Historical and Cultural Reserve “Bilsk” Viktor Pryymak.

The following authors worked on the publication: Tetyana Holub, Oleksandr Novozhon, Olena Borysenko, Oleksandr Dyadchenko, Volodymyr Kolesnyk, Olga Ivanova.

Reference: Bilsk settlement is a large Scythian fortified settlement located on the border of Poltava and Sumy regions, between the Vorskla and Sukhaya Hrunya rivers. This is one of the largest Scythian settlements in Eastern Europe, with an area of ​​4,400 hectares. The settlement was an important political and cultural center of the Scythian period, existing from the end of the 8th to the beginning of the 3rd centuries BC. Its territory was inhabited by a diverse population, including Budins, Gelons, Neurs, and other tribes. The Bielsko settlement is often identified with the city of Gelon, as mentioned by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus.

“Terra Incognita”: Bilskoye settlement, part 1

An excerpt from the program “Christmas Elegy of a Thousand-Year-Old City” for December 29, 2009 is dedicated to the history of the city of Putyvl in Sumy Oblast.

In the video: Putyvl, views of the city; local residents, a Christmas tree in the city center; a monument to Princess Yaroslavna, the Stone Cross; a priest with a book near the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Molcha Caves Convent, bell tower; Christmas tree market.

Christmas Putyvl, 2009

A documentary film by the Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company, The Majestic Kharytonenkos, 1998. It tells the story of the construction of the Kharytonenko mansion in moscow. 

The video shows a monument to Ivan Kharytonenko in Sumy, photos from the Kharytonenko family album, the exterior and interior of the house of Ukrainian sugar producers in moscow, and footage of the October Revolution.

Oleh Halimovsky narrated the program. The author is Nadiia Shulzhenko. The video uses video materials from Shulzhenko's archive and the Sumy TV and Radio Company.

Reference: The Kharytonenkos were Ukrainian sugar entrepreneurs, landowners, and philanthropists who lived in Slobozhanshchyna in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their ancestor was Ivan Kharytonenko.

The documentary “The Great Kharytonenkos”

Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company, 2005, program “Sumy. The Beginning of the Countdown.” The program tells the story of the transformation of settlements on the territory of the modern city of Sumy into a full-fledged city.

The program was created by Oksana Moskalenko, Andriy Gerashchenko, Serhiy Konoz, and Ruslan Nikolenko.

Sumy: the history of the city

Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company, 2006, program “Cheerful Smiles. " In the video, members of the Ostap Vyshnia Humorists' Kuren in Sumy read their own poetry and humorous stories.

The young poets also perform at the Hronivka Humor Festival.

Written by Hryhoriy Yelyshevych and directed by Olena Borysenko.

Hut of Sumy comedians named after Ostap Vyshnia

July 8, 2005. The video shows searches in the homes of former Sumy Regional State Administration head Volodymyr Shcherban - an apartment in Sumy, a house in the village of Pashkovo, and a dacha near Kyiv. 

The video also shows the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko opening the “Treasures of the Governor” exhibition. The exhibition was assembled from items seized during searches.

Exhibition of loot “Treasures of the Governor”

A report on the visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to Sumykhimprom.

The video shows a meeting of representatives of the state, regional and city authorities and heads of leading chemical enterprises. They discussed energy saving, gas prices, and transportation tariffs. Viktor Yushchenko also met with students who participated in the Orange Revolution and presented them with gifts.

Viktor Yushchenko at the Sumykhimprom enterprise

Program of the Sumy regional state television and radio company "Provintia", October 12, 2001. It tells about the city of Romny.

On the video: the streets of the city, the Rome Museum of Local Lore, the Gospel of Peter Kalnyshevsky with a frame by the Ukrainian goldsmith Ivan Ravych, old prints, clothes, pottery, a park, "All-Ukrainian campaigning and creative tour of young disabled people".

Comments of the head of the museum fund Hryhoriy Dibrova, embroidery master Nadiya Shevchenko and residents.

The program was worked on by: Raisa Stoyan, Artem Skrypnyak, Serhii Konoz.

"Province" program: the city of Romny

Glukhiv Customs, October 10, 2002.

On the video: the prosecutor's office, the inscription "Glukhivska customs", buses, customs inspection, cable, cars.

Hlukhiv customs house

Program of the Sumy Regional State TV and Radio Company “Who are we or a history lesson”, October 30, 1997. The program is about Troitska Street (now Dzerzhynskoho Street) and its old buildings.

Author - Svitlana Balym, director - Oleksandr Makhonko.

Sumy: the history of Troitska Street

Sumy State TV and Radio Company, 1997. The program “Who are we or a history lesson”, an episode dedicated to the history of the foundation and construction of the Transfiguration Cathedral.

Author - Svitlana Balym, director - Oleksandr Makhonko.