Lutsk, 1980. An audio recording of the registration of Lutsk's 150,000th resident. That person was Andriy Pakhonyuk. Commemorative plaques are presented to his parents, Natalia and Valery Pakhonyuk, who work at the electrical equipment factory.

Author: Mykhailo Yukhta.

The 150,000th resident of Lutsk

Volyn Television. Village Vesele, Volyn region.

The program "Veselyvska Toloka" for December 15, 2007 is dedicated to the ancient Ukrainian custom - toloka, represented in the form of a musical and theatrical performance with the participation of the local folk folklore group "Rodynne Pereveslo".

The guests were received at the farm "Bila Hlyna" by the hostess Halyna Shcherbyk. The artistic director of the group "Rodynne Pereveslo" is Vira Mazuryk.

The program was worked on by: Halyna Startseva, Iryna Pugach, Andriy Dmytruk, Mykola Dmytruk, Oleksandr Radchuk.


Ukrainian customs "Veselyvska Toloka"

1996, Volyn Television. The program "I have in my heart something that does not die..." is dedicated to the Day of Memory of the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka.

In the video: screensavers, Volyn Museum of Local Lore, an exhibition dedicated to the Kosach family, the Old Town, a monument, archival photographs, documents, books, letters.

Comments: the chief keeper of the Museum of Local Lore Natalia Pushkar; head of the publications department of the regional archive O. Kravchuk; director of the library for youth Maria Makh.

Author: Svitlana Kravchenko.

Kosachy exposition in the Volyn Museum

1994, Volyn Television. The program from the series "Current Report" is dedicated to the holiday of the first sheaf in the village of Piddubtsi.

In the video: screensavers, collective agricultural enterprise "Piddubtsi", field, agricultural machinery, women reaping wheat with sickles, priest consecrating combine harvesters and combines, church, peasants, festive procession, festive service.

Comments: Head of the collective agricultural enterprise "Piddubtsi" M. Blyashuk; Deputy Head of the Regional Council Vitaliy Zaremba.

Author: Viktor Trofymchuk.

Feast of the First Sheaf

August 1, 2014, Lutsk.

A plot about the solemn events dedicated to the 101st anniversary of the death of Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka. Theater Square, monument to Lesya Ukrainka, memorial service, laying flowers at the monument.

Comments: headman of Lutsk Holy Trinity Cathedral Volodymyr Podolets; member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine Nadiya Humenyuk; honorary citizen of Lutsk, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 1st convocation Andriy Bondarchuk; Lutsk resident Vira Shevchuk; student Serhiy Khavets; chairman of the regional council Valentyn Viter; Lutsk city mayor Mykola Romanyuk.

Lesya Ukrainka: 101st anniversary of her death

Volyn television, 1997. Program "Folk Calendar: “On Prokop - Rye Harvest”.

The program tells about the customs and rituals of the harvest and reaping period. Interview:  Alla Dmytrenko, a lecturer at the Department of Archeology at the History Faculty of Volyn State University.

The program was prepared by: Halyna Kazhan, Omelian Ivaniuk, Serhii Khyzhuk, Halyna Yankovska, and Mariia Dmytrieva.

Rituals for the harvest

Volyn Television. The program "Viktor Bozhidarnik: My Universities" for April 20, 2005 is dedicated to the biography of the rector of Lutsk State Technical University Viktor Bozhidarnik.

On the video: landscapes of the Volyn region, various plans; blitz polls of the scientist's colleagues, talking about Viktor Bozhidarnik; photos from Bozhidarnik's personal archive; interview with Viktor Bozhidarnik's wife Maria Bozhidarnik.

The program was worked on by: Tetyana Samoiluk, Volodymyr Gerasymlyuk, Olga Kulish, Oleksandr Kalishch.

Reference: Viktor Bozhidarnik is a Ukrainian physicist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Public Education of Ukraine. Rector of Lutsk National Technical University in 1991–2015, organizer of the regional engineering school. Author of works on assessing the strength and durability of supercracked anisotropic bodies, in particular plates and plates with reinforcement.

Ukrainian physicist Viktor Bozhidarnik

Volyn television, 1999. The program “Intermission”. The video shows the Volyn Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater named after Taras Shevchenko, the tour of the Rivne Theater in Lutsk.

Interview: Volodymyr Teteriv, director of the Rivne Theater; Oleh Mosiychuk, chief director of the Rivne Theater; Heorhiy Morozyuk, People's Artist of Ukraine. The program uses fragments of the performances: “Tevye”, “A Master of Ladies' Affairs”, “Oh Times, Oh Manners!”, “My Parisian”.

The program was created by: Liudmyla Vegera, Natalia Luhova, Omelyan Ivaniuk, Anatolii Revenko, Hennadii Solovianko.

Tour of the Rivne Theater in Lutsk

Volyn television, 2017. The program “Years and Fates” about the 60th anniversary of the Palace of Culture.

The video shows the concert hall, the stage, creative classes and studios, rehearsals, fragments of concerts, archival photos and videos. Interview: Sofia Lendiak, former chief accountant of the Palace of Culture; Oleksandra Vynohradova, an employee; Yurii Voynarovskyi, director of the Palace of Culture; Oleh Kozachuk, director of the Volynianka dance ensemble; former members of the ensemble Tetiana Furman and Liudmyla Buha; Andrii Lishchuk, a member of the ensemble; Vitalii Okhmaniuk, director of the Volynianka folk instruments orchestra; Olena Kozachuk, director of the Volynianochka dance ensemble; Andrii Rykhliuk, director of the Volynianochka folk music ensemble; Larysa Rykhliuk, director of the SoloMriya vocal studio; Oksana Dzhyha, director of the Podvig choir; Oleksandr Mizyuk, concertmaster; Alla Gas, director of the Posvit choir; Anatoliy Vykhovanets, director of the brass band; Anatoliy Tsymbalyuk, brass band inspector; Tetiana Lets, artistic director of the Palace of Culture; Volodymyr Tkachenko, former director of the amateur theater; Olena Yanchuk, director of the Yunist ballroom dance ensemble; Anatoliy Yanchuk, choreographer.

The program was created by: Oksana Yevpak, Valeriy Fetisov, Angela Shabala, Maria Andrushko.

60 years of the Palace of Culture: Lutsk

Volyn television, 1995. The program “Secrets of the Lutsk Dungeon”.

The video shows the Old Lutsk Reserve: a dungeon, a well, bones, and schoolchildren at excavations. Interview: Oleh Vynohradov, local historian and guide, member of the Enthusiast club. The program was developed by: Svitlana Kravchenko, Bohdan Honcharuk, Anzhela Shabala, Yurii Rayevych, and Mykola Vashchuk.

Lutsk dungeon

Volyn television, 2011. The program “...because today is the Green holiday” about traditions and rituals for the Trinity or Green holidays.

The video shows the Rozhyshche district, the village of Naviz: landscapes of the village, a river, a church, people in national clothes, singing songs, and rituals. Interview: Yevheniia Matviichuk, member of the amateur folklore group Yavorina; Tamara Klimovych, head of the amateur folklore group Yavorina; Valentyna Dobrovolska, head of the folk amateur folklore ensemble Pysanka.

The program features Ukrainian folk songs: “A Viburnum Blossoms in the Garden”, ‘I Planted the Garden Myself’, ‘We Water the Bush’. 

The program was created by: author Victoria Komendant, cameraman Pavlo Boyko, editor Kostyantyn Lotsman, sound engineer Zhanna Biruk, and edited by Angela Shabala. 

Traditions of the Green holidays

Volyn television, 2007. The TV film “At the Call of the Ideal” about Olesya Kovalchuk, an honored teacher of Ukraine, a member of the dissident movement in Volyn in the 1960s.

Archival audio and video materials were used. Authors: Mykola Hensetsky, Serhiy Khyzhuk, Vasyl Maryshchuk, Valeriy Fetisov, Oleksandr Sadovnyk, Valentyn Klimovych, Zhanna Biruk, Maryna Maryshchuk. 