March 20, 2004, Zhytomyr.

On the video: Zhytomyr, different shots of the main square, the building of the regional state administration, people coming in and out; monument to scientist Sergei Korolev, different shots; city residents walking along the square, different shots, women, men talking; city views, residential areas, churches, "eternal flame".


Zhytomyr: 2004

Zhytomyr Television, 2006. The 150th anniversary of St. Michael’s Cathedral. The video features: a solemn Divine Liturgy; a visit by His Holiness Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine, who presides over the Liturgy; icons, candles, parishioners, and Holy Communion; and an awards ceremony. 

Interviews:  Father Oleksandr Stakhursky, priest of St. Michael’s Cathedral;  His Holiness Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine; Jan Purvinsky, Ordinary Bishop of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese; Vira Shevchenko, Mayor of Zhytomyr; Mykola Syuravchyk, Head of the Regional State Administration. 

St. Michael's Cathedral is 150 years old 

Zhytomyr Television, 2006. The program “News of Zhytomyr Region,” hosted by Lesya Ivanitskaya. The video features a report on a protest: private business owners opposing the relocation of the informal market from Moskovska Street (now Nebesna Sotnia Street) to Dombrovska Street. Interviews: protest participants, Serhiy Ryzhuk—Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Mykola Kruk—Member of the Zhytomyr Regional Council. 

Business owners' protest: 2006

1993, Zhytomyr Television. The issue of the folklore program "Svitlytsia" is dedicated to the creative groups of the Zhytomyr region. The hosts are Iryna Antonovych, Honored Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Savchenko. The guest of the program is the head of the regional department of culture Viktor Senchylo.

On the video: screensavers, the host communicates with the guest, performances of art groups, an art and industrial exhibition of the Kamianobryd Faience Factory, an interview with the artist Asya Mikeyeva, a fragment of the play "Boyaryna" of the Novograd-Volynsky (Zvyahelsky) Drama Theater named after Ivan Kocherga, communication with the actors.

Marching groups: Folklore ensemble "Rodoslav" of the production association "Kaskad"; male amateur Cossack song ensemble "Malychi", director Viktor Gorai; folk amateur Ukrainian song ensemble "Shcherbiv", director Serhiy Nagornyuk (performing the Ukrainian folk humorous song "Grandfather, grandfather..."; children's folklore ensemble "Pervotsvit" of the Korostyshivsk children's school; folk amateur choir of the Popilnyanskyi district House of Culture, director Volodymyr Yashchuk (performing the song "There is no translation for the Cossack family").

"Svitlytsia": creative groups of Zhytomyr region

Zhytomyr Television, 2005. The episode "Ancient Squares of Zhytomyr. Bazaar and Castle Square" of the "Living Memory" series is dedicated to the history of Zhytomyr.

On the video: Castle Square, the house of the priests, the house of the vicarage — the regional museum of local lore, cannons; Jesuit monastery, ruins; the city, churches, nature; panorama of the city, streets; comments of researchers about the architecture of Zhytomyr.

Comments: architect Anatoly Nedashkivskyi; historian, local lore Ruslan Kondratyuk.

Author — Svitlana Zaremba.

"Living Memory": Jesuit Monastery

Zhytomyr Television, 2005. The episode "Ancient Zhytomyr Square — Bazarna" of the "Living Memory" series is dedicated to the history of Zhytomyr.

On the video: The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; St. Sophia Cathedral; paintings of "Koliivshchyna"; the village of Kodnya, various plans; the book "My Land, My Destiny"; a monument to the fallen haidamaks; the museum of the village of Kodnya; the book "The Diamond Mill"; comments from researchers.

Comments: historian, local historian Ruslan Kondratyuk; history teacher of the village of Kodnya Maria Losobyk; local historian Halyna Melnyk.

Author — Svitlana Zaremba.

"Living Memory": Bazarna Square

Zhytomyr Television, 2006. The issue of "News of Zhytomyr Region" is dedicated to customs and the work of "Zhytomyr-Terminal-Service".

On the video: customs, trucks at the customs, personnel, warehouse; story of the company's managers about their work.

Comments: President of "Zhytomyr-Terminal-Service" Oleksandr Onishchuk; Director of "Zhytomyr-Terminal-Service" Oleksandr Bolshoy.

How "Zhytomyr-Terminal-Service" Works

26 April 2008, Zhytomyr Oblast. 

The video features the ‘Bells of Chernobyl’ telethon. Presenters: Tetiana Leshchenko, Ivan Polishchuk. An interview with Vitalii Frantsuz, Chairman of the Regional Council, on addressing Chernobyl-related issues at the regional level; 
an interview with Volodymyr Moskalenko, Mayor of Korosten, on the city’s current challenges and situation; Korosten City Hospital, commentary by Oleksii Zayets, Chief Physician of Korosten City Hospital; 
Ovruch District, a report by journalist Olga Hrup, the Memorial Park (Chernobyl Park), a memorial plaque to Hero of Ukraine Mykola Vashchuk, Ovruch Hospital, the village of Kolesnyky (mandatory resettlement zone, second exclusion zone), comments: Tetyana Kuzmitska, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Affairs; residents; Ihor Klymenko, Head of the Ovruch District State Administration; Vasyl Okhrimchuk, Head of the Organisational and Personnel Department; Oleksandr Ryabchenko, Chief Specialist of the Emergency Situations Department; Volodymyr Levkivskyi, Deputy Head of the Ovruch District State Administration;
Luhyn District, village, Luhyn District Hospital, comments: Mykola Demyanchuk, Head of the Department for Social Protection of Citizens Affected by the Chernobyl Accident at the District Labour Administration; Mykola Mishchenko-Bovsunivsky, Village Head; Serhiy Chornyi, Chief Physician of Luhyn Central District Hospital; Nurse Svitlana Boryachenko; liquidator Petro Tomchuk; Chairman of the Luhyn District Council Viktor Pashchuk.

The “Bells of Chernobyl 2008” telethon

Zhytomyr Television. Telethon "Chernobyl - the pain of our hearts" from April 26, 2011 to the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

On the video: studio, interviews with widows of liquidators, who talk about the loss of loved ones, life after their death; problems of helping the families of the deceased liquidators, small pensions; photos of men.

Comments: head of the public organization "Widows of Chernobyl" Valentyna Kvasha; widows of liquidators Antonina Pyshnyuk, Olga Stepurenko, Svitlana Slobodenyuk.

Host of the telethon journalist Viktoriya Lukyanenko.

Interviews with widows of liquidators of the Chernobyl accident

Zhytomyr Television. Telethon "Chornobyl — the pain of our hearts" from April 22, 2011 to the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

On the video: an interview with Serhiy Ryzhuk, who talks about the problems of "Chornobyl residents", the challenges of the region in helping the victims, the problems of protecting the health of displaced persons.

Commented by the head of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration Serhiy Ryzhuk.

The host of the telethon is journalist Viktoriya Lukyanenko.

Consequences of the Chornobyl accident: an interview with Serhiy Ryzhuk

Zhytomyr Television, 2006.

In the video: boarding school, children, Oleksandr Onishchuk donates books; comments from the boarding school staff; survey of children.

Comments: director of the Zhytomyr Boarding School for Orphans Vasyl Levchenko; entrepreneur Oleksandr Onishchuk; teacher of the preschool department of the junior group of the boarding school Lyudmila Bovhalyuk.

Zhytomyr Boarding School

Zhytomyr Television. The episode of the program "Native School" from July 25, 2011 is dedicated to the Berezivka Special Boarding School.

On the video: boarding school, deaf and hard of hearing children, lessons in the younger grades; boarding school staff; school history, old photos from different years, Soviet chronicles; comments from teachers about teaching methods at the school; graduates of the boarding school.

Comments: veterans of pedagogical work Lyudmila Danyuk and Hanna Chychuk; director of the Berezivka Special Boarding School Lyubov Vasyanovich.

Author — Oksana Kovalchuk.