State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1994.

The documentary film "The Miracle of Old Tiras" is dedicated to the history and archeology of the Yampil region.

On the video: the Dniester River (ancient name - Tiras); archaeological finds of the Sarmatian era, animal-style jewelry; photographs from archaeological expeditions, the burial of a Sarmatian priestess; historical information about the times of the Hetmanate; landscapes of modern Yampil; various plans of the Dniester River, cargo transportation; nature of the Yampil region; remains of a fortress, various plans; local cemetery, ancient burials; a quarry with torn sandstone, products created by local residents from this material, sculptures; Yampil embroidered shirt, ornaments; wedding; tradition of icon painting.

Comments: historian-local historian Vitaliy Petrovsky; poetess Halyna Sira; resident of Yampil region, sculptor Oleksandr Pirnyak.

"The Miracle of Old Tiras": Treasures of Yampil

Vinnytsia Television. The December 15, 2005 issue of the program "Podilskyi Chasopis" is dedicated to the State Archives of Vinnytsia Oblast and the peculiarities of archival affairs in Ukraine.

In the video: archive employees tell how the state archive works, what documents are stored there, about the difference between the National Archival Fund and state archival funds; a story about how the examination of documents is carried out; a tour of the archive, examples of archival materials, documents of party bodies and materials of repressive operations of the USSR State Security Committee.

Comments: archive director Serhiy Galchak; deputy archive director Oleksandr Petrenko; deputy archive director Faina Vynokurova; head of the department for the formation of the National Archival Fund and archive records Volodymyr Petrenko.

State Archives of Vinnytsia Oblast

2005, Vinnytsia Regional State Television and Radio Company. The programme ‘Creative Range’ is dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the television and radio company.

The video features: opening credits, the VODTRK building, TV and radio presenters in the studio, TV and radio equipment, TV channel employees, editorial office, archive video materials, office premises. Excerpts from programmes: News, Panorama of the Week, ...Not Only About Jazz, Weather, Position, Let's Get Acquainted, Wonder Flowers, Moment of Truth, ‘Everything Begins with Love,’ ‘Bastions,’ ‘Window,’ ‘Accent,’ ‘One Day of War,’ ‘We Give Our Hearts to Children,’ ‘At the Poles,’ ‘At Dawn,’ ‘The People and the Government,’ ‘Veche,’ ‘Monday — A Difficult Day.’

Comments: Lyubov Kovalenko, Director General of VODTRK; Svitlana Busilkova, news anchor; Ivan Pedoruk, Deputy Director General for Television; Volodymyr Hrytsyk, Head of the Editorial Office for Public and Political Programmes; Hanna Sekret, Head of the Editorial Office for Literary and Artistic Programmes; Oksana Danilchenko, Head of Social and Humanitarian Programmes; Oleksandr Matviychuk, Deputy Director General for Radio Broadcasting; Halyna Kravchuk, Head of Literary and Artistic Programmes at Regional Radio; Oleg Semko, Head of Radio Hvylya; Yevhen Gutnik, Channel Designer.

Vinnytsia Television and Radio Company is 73 years old

Vinnytsia Television, 2006. Film “The Living Water of Khmilnyk.”

The video shows the history of the city, the discovery of radon in the water, the Khmilnyk and Podillya sanatoriums, rooms, doctors' offices, dry radon baths, peat mud, drinking fountains, and visitors to the sanatoriums.

Interviews: Volodymyr Melnychuk, mayor of Khmilnyk; Petro Dumyn, chief physician of the Khmilnyk sanatorium; Leonid Marchuk, deputy chief physician of the Podillya sanatorium LLC; Viktor Pikush, Chief Physician of the South-Western Railway Medical Rehabilitation Center in the resort town of Khmilnyk 

Khmilnyk: resort town

Vinnytsia Television, "Live Broadcast Studio". Interview dated December 23, 2011 with Vinnytsia Mayor Volodymyr Groysman.

Talks about the life of the city in 2011, prospects for Vinnytsia's development for the next year, political and social problems.

Journalist — Ivan Pedoruk.

Reference: Volodymyr Groysman is a Ukrainian statesman who served as the mayor of Vinnytsia from 2006 to 2014. During this period, he implemented large-scale programs to modernize the city's infrastructure, including public transport reform, energy conservation, and the creation of the "Transparent Office" system. During his term, Vinnytsia was recognized as the most comfortable city to live in Ukraine for the first time.

Interview with Volodymyr Groysman, 2011

Vinnytsia Television, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, 2008. In the video: city streets flooded with water; cars driving; people walking; flooded houses, streets, gardens; the Dniester River has burst its banks. 

The 2008 flood

Vinnytsia Television, 2009. Film “The Taste of Linden Buds.” The video shows the Zhmerynka district, the village of Hushchynci, and the memories of Lyubov Khristich, an eyewitness to the Holodomor of 1932-33. Interviews with local residents Olena Shvets and Maria Rozpodnyuk. 

Archival video footage was used.

Memories of eyewitnesses to the Holodomor: Vinnytsia region

Vinnytsia Television, 2013. Program “Folk Pearls from Grandma's Chest,” topic: pottery in Vinnytsia region. 

The video features the Haisyn district, the villages of Novoselivka and Bubnivka: decorative Bubnivka painting, the Novoselivka Museum of Pottery Art by the Gerasymenko brothers, visitors on a tour of the museum, an exhibition of pottery works, potters at work, and the Bubnivka church. Interviews: distinguished masters of folk art Frosyna Mishchenko and Tetiana Shpak;  pottery masters Roman Chmeruk and Halyna Dotsenko.

Pottery in Vinnytsia region

Vinnytsia Television, 2013.  The program “Krainyany”, topic — wedding traditions and rituals in Vinnytsia region.

In the video: the village of Stina in the Tomashpil district, wreath making or bachelorette party, a woman shows how wreaths were made from wax flowers; the village of Kolosivka in the Barsky district, women kneading dough for a wedding loaf, singing a ritual song, making doves out of dough, putting them in the oven, taking out the baked loaf and decorating it with rye, wheat, and periwinkle; A hut, people sitting at tables, the ritual of covering the bride, a woman removes the wreath from the bride's head and puts on a scarf; post-wedding traditions.

Wedding traditions of Vinnytsia region

Vinnytsia Television. The May 10, 2010 issue of the "Podilskyi Chaypos" program is dedicated to the "Live Fire" festival in the village of Sabariv, Vinnytsia region.

In the video: Sabariv cliffs, embankment, Cossack tents; young people in Cossack uniforms, historical reenactors tell about Cossack traditions; a man smokes a pipe, tells about his lineage; Nepyipyvo shows a saber; Cossack juggling with kettlebells.

Comments: Cossack reenactors "Nepyipyvo" and Ivan "Zababaha"; President of the Ukrainian Kettlebell Federation, head of the "Cossack Antics" collective Yuriy Shcherbyna.

Journalist — Olena Nakorneeva.

Reference: The International Ethnofestival of Traditional Culture "Live Fire" is an annual cultural event, initiated in 2009 in Vinnytsia by Ataman Volodymyr Volovodiuk. The festival is based on the ritual of cutting live fire, and its program combines elements of traditional culture, folk art, Cossack martial practices, and modern ethnomusic.

Cossack Festival "Live Fire"

February 5, 2010, Vinnytsia.

The plot is dedicated to the opening of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vinnytsia.

In the video: children holding a ribbon, the beginning of the opening ceremony; officials cutting the ribbon, children singing; press conference with foreign representatives against the background of the insignia of the Republic of Poland.

Comments: travel agency owner Yevhen Shevchuk; Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jacek Klyuchkowski.

Opening of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland

July 20, 2007, Vinnytsia Regional State TV and Radio Company. The program “Josaphat's Valley” is dedicated to the Christian shrine in the village of Holynchyntsi, Vinnytsia region.

The video includes: screenshots, views of the village, crosses in the valley, archival videos, priests lighting candles and praying near the crosses, people collecting and drinking water from a healing well, children making a cross and making wishes.

Commentary: Archpriest Serhiy Gurmach; Abbot of the Sharhorod Monastery, Hegumen Cyprian.

Author: Oksana Danylchenko.

Background: The Josaphat Valley, also known as the “Valley of Crosses,” is located near the village of Holynchyntsi in the Sharhorod district of Vinnytsia region. According to legend, in 1923, the Virgin Mary appeared to local shepherds and called them to erect crosses - since then, a shrine has been formed here, which now has thousands of crosses and attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims every year.