March 13, 2007, Zhytomyr.

A report from the issue of "News of Zhytomyr" is dedicated to the protest action against the increase in utility tariffs and the illegal tenure of the city mayor Vira Sheludchenko. Host Lesya Ivanytska in the studio, participants of the protest action with flags and banners near the city council, a statement from the "Reforms and Order" party.

Comments: participants of the rally; acting head of the regional branch of the "Reforms and Order" party Viktor Radziuk.

Protest action in Zhytomyr

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm"", 1991.

The TV film "At the Behest of Your Beauty" is dedicated to the village of Verkhivnya, Zhytomyr region, and the stay here of the famous French writer Honoré de Balzac.

On the video: views of the winter village of Verkhivnya; students of the agricultural college at a lecture, a story about animal husbandry; college, various plans; reading of Honoré de Balzac's letters; the building of the agricultural college (the former estate of Countess Evelina Ganska), the writer's room-museum.

Excerpts from Honoré de Balzac's letters to Evelina Ganska were read by Konstantin Vorobyov.

Honoré de Balzac in the village of Verkhivnya

2006, Zhytomyr Television. Solemn opening and consecration of the Novohuivinsky Church of Saints Peter and Paul and St. Sergius of Radonezh.

On video: visit of the Primate of the UOC MP Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), meeting with parishioners, speeches, service in the church, consecration of the church.

Speeches: Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan); Director of the Zhytomyr Repair and Mechanical Plant Serhiy Butenko; Head of the Regional Council Iryna Sinyavska; People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Yakymenko; Bishop of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi Bishop Guriy.

Opening of the temple in the village of Novohuivynske

July 1, 2003, Zhytomyr.

In the video: entrance to prison No. 8, courtyard, barbed wire; reception room, various plans of cells, prisoners behind bars; prison kitchen, lunch; courtyard for prisoners, walk, various plans of the courtyard.

Zhytomyr Prison No. 8

Zhytomyr Television. The December 29, 2006 issue of the program "Between the City and the Village" is dedicated to the village of Novohuivynske in the Zhytomyr region.

In the video: screensavers, a stand-up by journalist Kostyantyn Holovchansky near the "Novohuivynske" stele, shots of the village, the Zhytomyr Armored Plant, workshops, archival photographs, the "Dzvinochok" kindergarten, the Novohuivynske gymnasium, students in classes at their desks, the church.

Comments: Novohuivynske village head Valery Garbuz; director of the Zhytomyr Repair and Mechanical Plant Serhiy Butenko; locksmith of the Zhytomyr Repair and Mechanical Plant Vasyl Mandryk; security guard of the Zhytomyr Repair and Mechanical Plant Valentina Kanaryk; deputy director of the Novohuivynske gymnasium Ivan Dubnytsky.

The village of Novohuivynske in the Zhytomyr region

Zhytomyr Television. The December 20, 2006 issue of the program "Between the City and the Village" is dedicated to the village of Yablunets in the Zhytomyr region.

In the video: railway, tracks, platform, overview of the "Yablunets" station of the South-Western Railway, historical information about the village; monument to the fallen and heroes of World War II; territory of the oil depot, Yuriy Ushchapivskyi talks about the history of the oil depot and the main tasks and processes of the oil depot; enterprise "Rayagrohim", equipment, various plans of the territory of the enterprise; gasification works, streets, comments of the village head about the closure of enterprises, problems with jobs in the village; houses, dog; comments of students about the desire for the development of the village, problems of leisure and work in the village; blitz poll of local residents about the prospects and development of the village of Yablunets.

Comments: Yablunets village head Mykola Ihnatiuk; cashier of the Yablunets railway station Nina Novakivska; head of oil depot No. 9 Yuriy Ushchapivskyi; chief accountant of Rayagrohim Lidia Marchenko; director of Yablunets secondary school 1–3 grades Nadiya Mykolayenko; pensioner Serhiy Suprunenko; postman Olena Kovalchuk; high school students Kateryna Hordiyenko and Yaroslav Karpenko.

Journalist — Kostyantyn Holovchanskyi.

"Between the City and the Village": Yablunets Village

State Enterprise “Ukrainian Television Film Studio ‘Ukrtelevizor’,” 1991.

The documentary television film “Polka with a Hutsul” tells the story of Dmytro Yevchenko from the village of Zhovtneve (now Kvitneve) in the Zhytomyr region, who returned from Kyiv to his native home and founded the folk instrument ensemble “Huk.”

On the video: screensavers, shots of the village, agriculture, Kasyan Yevchenko's workshop, preparation of the musical instrument "goat", an archive fragment of a performance by the National Honored Academic Ukrainian Folk Choir of Ukraine named after Hryhoriy Veryovka, a performance by the "Guk" ensemble at a wedding.

Master and musician Kasyan Yevchenko

Zhytomyr Television. An episode of the program “News of Zhytomyr Region” from March 28, 2006, featuring a segment on the press conference held by mayoral candidate Vira Shevchenko.

In the video: a meeting with journalists, a speech by Vira Shevchenko regarding her winning a majority of the vote, and the elections; journalists present include Vasyl Holovetskyi, Mykhailo Synyogub, Iryna Ostapchuk, Oksana Hebrych.

Commentary by mayoral candidate Vira Shevchenko.

Reference: Vira Sheludchenko is a Ukrainian engineer and manager, mayor of Zhytomyr in 2006–2010, before that she worked for a long time at the Zhytomyr plant "Khimvolokno" and as director of the JV "Zhytomyr-Polisaks". Active public figure, headed the Board of Directors of enterprises of Korolyov district of Zhytomyr and the coalition of public organizations "Do lado!".

Press conference of Vira Sheludchenko

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").