May 10, 2017. Zaporizhzhia branch of the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine. 

The program "Travels through the Great Meadow" tells about an unusual find on the island of Khortytsia —, a black stone, the rock of which has not previously occurred in this area. Scientists and local historians are investigating its features and looking for an explanation for the origin of the mysterious stone.

Commenting: researcher of the National Reserve "Khortytsia" Serhiy Dudarenko, researcher of the Zaporizhia Regional Museum of Local Lore Tamara Derkach, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor of ZNTU Volodymyr Chop, local historian Yuriy Vilinov.

"Travels through the Great Meadow": the mystery of the black stone

Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company, 2009. The program "Trace on the Ground" tells about the traces of ancient tribes in the territory of modern Zaporizhzhia region - Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Huns, Pechenegs, and Polovtsians.

On the video: fragments of feature films about tribes; images of Cimmerians; archaeological excavations; Scythian tools; Cimmerian finds; figurines of Scythian origin; Scythian pectoral; golden comb from the Solokha mound; images of Sarmatians, Huns, Pechenegs, Polovtsians; Dnieper steppes; Polovtsian mounds; archaeological finds in Polovtsian mounds; stone idol.

Doctor of Historical Sciences, laureate of the State Prize, Vyacheslav Murzin (speaks in russian) talks about the traces of tribes in the Zaporizhia region.

Ancient tribes in the Zaporizhia region

Zaporizhzhia Regional State Television and Radio Company, 2009. The program "Footprint on the Ground" tells about the flora and fauna of Khortytsia Island and Velikiy Lug, as well as the attitude of the Cossacks to natural resources.

On the video: landscapes of Zaporizhzhia region; steppe rivers; steppe flora and fauna; Mokra Moskovka River; Konka River; Dnieper; Khortytsia Island; floodplains; Lake Osokorove; lake gulls, cormorants, herons; Velikiy Lug; feather beds; Cossack dwellings; wild horses (tarpans).

The following people talk about nature: Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the "Khortytsia" Cultural Center Valery Kozyrev; resident of the village of Zaporizhskaya Balka Mykola Shlyanin; Deputy Head of the Regime Service of the "Khortytsia" National Reserve Serhiy Kozodavov.

Nature of Zaporizhia

Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company, 2001. The program "A Bird's Eye View" is dedicated to birds that live in the Sivash wetlands and are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

On the video: landscapes of Sivash; seagulls; cormorants; grebes; terns; terns (birds); nature of Sivash.

The following worked on the program: author — Oksana Gladiy; director — Olga Larionova; sound engineer — Iryna Kutuzova; cameraman — Oleg Movchanyuk; editing by Olga Fomenko, Oleksandr Markov, Valentina Motova, Lyubov Kirsanova; text read by Vasyl Fedyna, Olga Ivakhova; computer support — Natalia Kononova, Andriy Zadko.

Birds of Sivash

Program of the Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company (2009), which covers the holding of the first All-Ukrainian competition-festival "Khortytskyi Kobzar" dedicated to the 195th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko.

On the video: performances of the winner of the competition, Victoria Kozyreva, with the song "Merry Boots"; Maria Moroz (Kharkiv; composition "Fairy Tale" by Igor Gaidenko); Victoria Khotsevich (Kamin-Kashirsky; composition "The World of Eternal Beauty"); Arseniy Titenko (Chernihiv; Ukrainian folk song to the words of T. Shevchenko "At the crossroads the kobzar sits"); Kateryna Symonova (Chernivtsi); People's Artist of Ukraine, Head of the National Union of Kobzars of Ukraine, Volodymyr Yesypko (historical song to the words of P. Kulish "Kynu perom, lynu orlom"; "Taraschany Cossack"; "If I were a Poltava Sotsky"); the duet "Bandurna rozmova" — a Lviv ensemble, which includes Honored Artists of Ukraine Oleg Sozansky and Taras Lazurkevich ("The Wind Blows"; "A Blizzard Has Come"; "Hey, the Village Is Visible"; "Oh, There's a Willow in the Field"); performance of the song "The Wide Dnieper Roars and Groans."

All-Ukrainian Competition-Festival "Khortytskyi Kobzar"

Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company, 2008. The program "My Native Land" tells about the territory of the National Natural Park "Velyky Lug", the flora and fauna characteristic of this area, its uniqueness and periods of formation.

On the video: landscapes of the National Nature Park "Veliky Lug"; stone women; burial mounds; Balka Mayachanska tract; park map; Shrenka tulip; spike feather grass; red-footed booby; blue-throated bunting; snipe; sandpiper; seagulls; archaeological excavations; Balka Basanka; Ivankove spring.

Commenting: Director of the National Nature Park "Veliky Lug" Yuriy Solop; Senior Researcher of the National Nature Park "Veliky Lug" Viktor Busel (speaks in russian).

Regina Chendyrina, Anna Pogorelaya, and Volodymyr Karpenko worked on the program.

Reference: after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by the russian federation troops, the natural landscape of the Velikiy Lug National Nature Park underwent significant changes.

National Nature Park "Veliky Lug"

May 2, 2006. Zaporizhia television. The issue of the "Traveling Together" program is dedicated to Gulyaipol, Zaporizhzhia region. The history of the city is presented through photographs and a black-and-white chronicle. 

The creation and development of Gulyaipol, the modern appearance of historical buildings and places related to the history of the city are shown. Among them are the — steam mill and oil mill of the landowner Schroeder, the Althausen Hotel, the headquarters of Nestor Makhno's rebel units, the house of the Gulyaipil merchant Tupikov, the private house of Gelbuch, the house in which Nestor Makhno lived, as well as the house of the «Mutual Credit Society», where the local history museum is now located. 


Gulyaipole: pages of history 

First National, 2004. The news story highlights the raising of an 18th-century ship, its further processing and conservation. The historical find, which was found in the Dnieper River bed, near the island of Khortytsia, was named the Zaporizhzhya Brigantine.

In the video: raising the sunken ship; divers; observers; comments by Russian musician, president of the public organization "Zaporizhzhya Brigantina" Andrey Makarevich; employee of the Institute of Underwater Research, candidate of historical sciences, archaeologist Maksym Ostapenko; head of the "Zaporizhzhya Brigantina" expedition Valery Nefedov (speaking in russian).

Lyudmila Spivak and Mykhailo Revenko worked on the release.

"Zaporizhzhya Brigantine": raising a sunken ship of the 18th century

Zaporizhzhya Television, 2003. Issue No. 42 of the program "Professional Guidelines" is dedicated to the Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy.

On the video: a tour of the faculties and departments of the ZSIA, a review of the classrooms and the educational process; lectures, work in computer classes, theoretical and practical classes of future specialists.

Comments: Dean of the Faculty of Power Engineering Oleksandr Cheprasov; Head of the Department of Industrial Heat and Power Engineering Iryna Yakovleva; Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Engineering Yuriy Kachan; Head of the Department of Hydropower Engineering Valentina Skorobagatova; Deputy Dean of the Faculty Alla Kuzmenko; Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Vasyl Porokhnia; Head of the Department of Personnel Management Valentina Voronkova.

Host — Olga Drozdovska.

Zaporizhzhia Engineering Academy

Zaporizhia Television, 2003. The "Arhitekturna" episode of the "There is such a street..." program is dedicated to the history of Arkhitekturna Street in Zaporizhia.

In the video: street views, old houses, local residents; conversation with a local resident; neighbors, children, dogs, small houses.

Commented (in russian) by local resident Ivan Grishchenko.

Arkhitekturna Street in Zaporizhia

Zaporizhia Television, 2003. The "Zhivopysna" episode of the "There is such a street..." program is dedicated to the history of Zhivopysna Street in Zaporizhia.

On the video: the history of the street, renaming, old buildings; a conversation with a local resident (in russian), telling about getting an apartment for working at a factory; street views.

Zhivopysna Street in Zaporizhia

Zaporizhzhia Television, 2007. The program "My Native Land" is dedicated to the archaeological heritage of the village of Novomykolaivsk, Zaporizhzhia region.

In the video: photos of expeditions, finds from the Late Bronze Age, pottery vases, fragments of ceramic dishes, metal products and authentic tools; footage of the Novomykolaiv district, burial mounds above the Verkhnia Tersa River.

Comments (in russian): Head of the Department of Regional History of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Museum of Local Lore Zoya Popandopulo; local historian Serhiy Kuhlenko; employee of the Zaporizhzhia Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments Oksana Drovosyekova.