Volyn Television, 1997. A report from the fourth International Festival “Polissya Summer with Folklore.” 

In the video: festival participants and guests walk to the cathedral; Metropolitan Yakov greets the participants; a festive divine service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral; a performance by participants from Poland; a parade through the city streets; festival organizers laying flowers at the monuments to Lesya Ukrainka and Taras Shevchenko; spectators sharing their impressions; the festival’s closing ceremony near the main entrance to the Lesya Ukrainka Park of Culture and Recreation; fireworks; and the song “My Volyn” performed by all participants. 

Interview: Yuriy Voynarovsky, festival organizer. 

“Polissya Summer with Folklore” Festival: 1997

Volyn Television, 1996. The program “Plast and Plast Members” features a gathering of Plast members from western Ukraine at the traditional summer inter-troop educational camp in the Tsumansky Forest District. 

In the video: a story about the camp’s history and traditions; Plast members singing, the river, tents, morning roll call, the flag-raising ceremony, interviews with camp participants, activities, interviews with parents, meal preparation, lunch, camp participants singing, games, and a reporter’s on-site report. 

Commentary by: A. Slyoza, senior Plast member, “Rivne” branch; I. Karabin, Plast scout, “Lviv” branch. 

Plast Camp: 1996

Volyn Television, 1993. The video shows: winter views of Lutsk, the Holy Trinity Cathedral, passersby, Volia Avenue, the university, Central Park, the Styr River, the castle, and city streets. 

Lutsk in Winter: 1993

Volyn Television, 1993. The video features a report on the “Ukraine” collective farm in the Turiy District: women are weeding cucumbers and corn in the field. Interview with L. Melnychuk, a collective farm foreman.

“Ukraine” Collective Farm: 1993

August 23, 2011, Lutsk.

The plot is dedicated to the celebration and solemn ceremony on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine.

In the video: Theater Square, a festive program, the European flag flying; comments from high-ranking officials; the Palace of Culture, an exhibition on the economic, social, and cultural development of Lutsk, comments from exhibition participants and foreign guests, a fair.

Comments: Lutsk City Mayor Mykola Romanyuk; Chairman of the Volyn Regional State Administration Borys Klymchuk; Chairman of the Volyn Regional Council Volodymyr Voytovych.

Flag Day: Lutsk, 2011

Volyn Television, 1996. Report titled “August 24. Theater Square. Lutsk” marking the 5th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. 

Featured in the video: the “Ukraine Through Children’s Eyes” contest, a journalist’s on-site report, an exhibition of works by students of the Lutsk Children’s Art School, works by folk artisans, performances by artistic groups, and a disco.

Interviews: Volodymyr Pyasetskyi, teacher at the Lutsk Art School; Volodymyr Vynnychuk, head of the Department of Fine and Decorative-Applied Arts at the Center for Folk Art; Iryna Syndziuk, folk artist; participants and guests of the celebration; Rostyslav Kushniruk, artistic director of the “Posvit” choir; Oleksandr Ogorodnyk, People’s Artist of Ukraine; Yukhim Kotlyarevsky, artist at the Philharmonic; Serhiy Tkachuk, host at Radio “Lutsk.” 

Five Years of Independence: Lutsk

Volyn Television, 1996. The program “A Constitution for Ukraine!” about the draft constitution.

In the video: a survey of people on the street about the draft Constitution; passersby; the draft Constitution in a newspaper; a rally in support of adopting the Constitution; speakers; rally participants; Rostyslav Chap’yuk, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, heading to the TV studio. 

Part of the interview is in russian.

The Constitution: A Survey in Lutsk

Volyn Television, 1994. The program “Elections in Volyn” covers the third round of elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 

In the video: a polling station, people voting, an excerpt from Levko Lukyanenko’s pre-election debate on November 17, 1994, the city, passersby, a bulletin board, and excerpts from speeches by Leonid Kravchuk and Vyacheslav Chornovil. Interview: Fedir Lutzyk, chair of the district election commission for the Lutsk–Central Electoral District No. 65. 

Elections in Volyn: 1994

Volyn Television, 1997. The video shows a thunderstorm in Lutsk: footage shot from a car, the thunderstorm, rain, the road, cars, children in the rain near the “Dolphins” fountain on Teatralna Square, a summer café, furniture in the water, fallen trees, and a tree blocking the road.

Thunderstorm in Lutsk: 1997

Volyn Television, 1996. The video features the Volyn Regional Music and Drama Theater in a concert titled “Mykola Svidyuk Sings.” 

Performing the songs: “My Little Daughter,” “My Native Odessa, Mother,” “Everything’s Okay in Odessa,” “I Love, I Laugh, and I Grieve…,” “Come Back, I’m Waiting,” “Willow Path,” “Yellow Leaves,” “This Spring Is for You,” “The Almighty Has Granted Me Mercy,” “Flower of Happiness,” “Song About a Son,” “Ataman of the Carpathians,” “Star, My Little Star,” “Steamships Sail the Sea,” “Schoolyard,” “Requiem,” “Bad Weather,” “Nostalgia,” “The Colonel, Father of the Majors,” “Gilded Keys,” “My Daughter,” “My Ukraine.”

The program was produced by: Natalia Lugova, Valery Fetisov, Bogdan Goncharuk, Vasyl Maryshchuk, Zhanna Biruk, and Mykola Shabala. 

Performed by Mykola Svidyuk

Volyn Television, 1994. The third round of parliamentary elections in Ukraine in Lutsk Electoral District No. 65 and Novovolynsk Electoral District No. 68. In the video: a reporter’s stand-up, a polling station, voters casting their ballots, posters featuring candidates, and candidates appearing on Volyn Television. Commentary by F. Lutsk, chair of the district election commission for Electoral District No. 65. 

Parliamentary Elections: 1994

Volyn Television, 1994. The television documentary “Righteous People Are Not Born That Way” tells the story of people from Volyn who saved Jews during World War II. 

In the video: a delegation of Jews from Israel in Volyn; archival photos; the names of Righteous Among the Nations from Volyn engraved on a wall in Israel; Toviy Rivets playing the violin; monuments, natural landscapes, a map, statistics on the creation of Jewish ghettos, the Luga River, a house, a courtyard; old Jewish graves, a meeting with the Jewish delegation, Jews singing near the monument, crying. 

Interviews: Mykola Mykolayovych Vavrysevych, Righteous Among the Nations; residents of Volhynia whose families saved Jews; Jews who survived the war.

The film features archival footage. 

Volyn region