2002, Zaporizhzhia Regional State TV and Radio Company. Video film “Arise, Cossack Glory!”.

The video shows the island of Khortytsia, women in national costumes, men in national Cossack costumes, food, reenactment of the life and traditions of the Cossacks, the Cossack song and dance ensemble Zaporizhzhia, the equestrian theater Zaporizhzhia Cossacks, songs and dances, the Dnipro hydroelectric power station.

Author: Iryna Nadeeva.

Khortytsia Island: “Arise, Cossack Glory!”

July 29, 2009, the city of Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region.

In the video: views of the city, city residents on a walk, a girl rollerblading, children; Lenin monument; port, ships, different angles; train with goods; beach, different views of visitors; a man sells paintings, talks about the goods; “Cupid” fountain.

Berdyansk, 2009

May 11, 2005, Zaporizhzhia.

A plot about the investigation into the cause of the massive fish kill near the island of Khortytsia. Dead fish in the reeds, the river, seagulls, ducks. Comments: Deputy Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Fisheries Inspectorate Maksym Makeiev; Director General of the Khortytsia National Reserve Kostyantyn Sushko; Head of the special commission Oleksandr Sin.

Massive fish mortality

July 25, 2005, Novobohdanivka village, Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia region.

Video of repeated explosions at military ammunition depots a year after the first accident. Employees of the State Tax Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a military unit, a checkpoint, military in a helicopter, flying over Novobohdanivka and the destroyed military depots, fire trucks, an MOE tent, military near the tents and on the territory of the military unit, a document on the elimination of the fire, the streets of the village.

Comments: representatives of the military and the Ministry of Internal Affairs; local residents, eyewitnesses.

For reference: The Novobohdanivka artillery depot disaster was a man-made accident that occurred in May 2004 in the village of Novobohdanivka, Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia region. In 2005, a second explosion occurred, although its scale was smaller. As a result, 5 people were killed, and residential and other buildings in Novobohdanivka and nearby settlements were heavily damaged. The explosions temporarily halted road and rail transportation in the region.

Novobohdanivka: repeated explosions in warehouses

Zaporizhzhia Regional State Television and Radio Company. Issue of the program "Telecourier" for December 19, 1996.

On video: archaeological excavations in the territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, research of burial mounds, finds of ritual purpose, ceramic dishes of the Neolithic era; Zaporizhzhia Ordzhonikidze district state administration, reporting and election conference of the district women's council; "Zaporizhzhia Contracts-97" - exhibition-fair in the sports palace "Yunist", products of "Zaporizhkhlib", "Dniprospetsstal", "Motor Sich", "Siliconpolymer", etc.; regional council of trade unions, the second meeting of "Young Ecologists" at school No. 74 of the city of Zaporizhzhia; presentation of the charitable foundation at school No. 100; 70th anniversary of Zaporizhzhia Children's Music School No. 1.

"Telecourier": December 19, 1996 issue

Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company. The June 15, 2009 issue of the program “People and Destinies” is dedicated to the creative path of folk craftswoman Valentyna Melay.

In the video: Local History Museum of the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, exhibition of folk art works, a visitor examines towels; craftswoman Valentyna Melay talks about embroidery technology.

Comments: master embroiderer Valentyna Melay; poetess Zinaida Fedan.

The program was worked on by: Olga Larionova, Volodymyr Karpenko, Kateryna Lebedeva, Dmitry Udodyk.

“Stitch by Stitch”: Master Valentyna Melay

Zaporizhzhya State Television and Radio Company. The July 2, 2008 issue of the “People and Fates” program is dedicated to the life path of Vasyl Hnatok, an Ostarbeiter, chairman of the board of the collective farm “Ukraine”.

On the video: Vasyl Hnatok’s house, interview; the village of Ocheretuvate, Zaporizhzhia region, the local school from different angles; an interview with a village resident about life during the functioning of the collective farm, a performance by an amateur art group of the village.

Comments: chairman of the board of the collective farm “Ukraine”, guest of the program Vasyl Hnatok; resident of the village of Ocheretuvate Kateryna Blotska.

The program was worked on by: Olga Larionova, Volodymyr Karpenko, Kateryna Lebedeva.

“People and Fates” Program: Vasyl Hnatok

The “Traveling Together” program for August 20, 2007 is dedicated to Novomykolaivka district of Zaporizhia region.

In the video: Novomykolaivka village, entrance to the city; tractor monument; local residents, views of the village, Tersa river; German church in the village of Tersyantsi; Trudove village, Zaporizhia stud farm, horses, preparation for the competition.

“Traveling Together” Program: Novomykolaivka

Zaporizhzhia State TV and Radio Company, 2004.

The programme ‘Living History of Zaporizhzhia’. Yulia Kryat, a lecturer at the Zaporizhzhia College of Radio Electronics, teaches students and is also a keen tourist. She unites young people and goes on trips to Khortytsia Island and Crimea with them.

Students Liudmyla Kriachun, Aliona Kaukina, Dmytro Herman, Dmytro Zemrokh, colleagues Liudmyla Nikolaiets, Oleksandr Sydorenko, and Alla Topalova tell us about Yuliia Kriat and her educational and upbringing activities. 

Yulia Kryat: teacher and mentor

Zaporizhzhya State Television and Radio Company. The program “Let’s go, I’ll show you my field” for 2001 is dedicated to scientist Oleksandr Papsuyev — the only breeder in the world who managed to obtain a hybrid of rye and wheat and the short-growing sunflower variety “Kripysh”.

On the video: a detailed biography of Oleksandr Stepanovich Papsuyev, the personal photo archive of the agrarian; the scientist reads his notes, demonstrates different varieties of wheat; the scientific achievement of the agrarian, talks about the challenge of the KGB and the concealment of his research; shows the sunflower variety “Kripysh” in the field, various breeding varieties, talks about the land and agriculture.

Comments: scientist-agrarian, breeder Oleksandr Papsuyev; former first secretary of the Kuibyshev district party committee Grigory Golovenko; farmer Viktor Tyshchenko; journalist Grigory Khvostyk.

Reference: Oleksandr Papsuyev is a Ukrainian breeder who made a revolutionary discovery in the field of agronomy, creating a triticale variety that combines the hardiness of rye and the baking qualities of wheat. His new variety, called “Zhytnytsia”, attracted the attention of scientists not only in Ukraine but also abroad. Despite the lack of support from scientific circles and the difficulty of recognizing his work, Papsuyev’s achievements are revolutionary and one of the most important in the field of agriculture.

“Let’s go, I’ll show you my field”: Oleksandr Papsuyev

July 2008, Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region.

The program “Traveling Together” about the Sea of Azov. The Azov coast, beaches, birds, the city's waterfront, a rotunda gazebo, a monument to the Nursing Bull, people walking along the waterfront, relaxing on the beach, the port.

“Traveling together": The Sea of Azov

August 2008, Zaporizhzhia region.

The program “Traveling Together” about the village of Malokaterinivka in the Kushuhumska settlement community of Zaporizhzhia district. Shots of the village, Blue (Panske) Lake near Hryhorivka, Prymorske village, Konka river, Veselyanka village, tuberculosis dispensary, Veselyanka secondary school.