
TV film "In Memory of the Descendants"
2001, 103 min
National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2001.
TV film "In Memory of the Descendants" with a selection of video clips on the history of Ukraine from ancient times to the beginning of the 21st century with comments by Ukrainian researchers.
In the program: "The Veles Book" a monument of Slavic carved printing of the 5th century; a story about the Trypillian culture a museum exhibition, remains of pottery, vases, clay figurines of people and animals; events of 375 - the victory of the Huns over the Goths near the village of Synyava, Rokytnya district; the first information about Prince Kyi ("The Tale of Bygone Years"); 882 - the arrival of the Rurikovichs; the influence of Greek culture on Ukrainian tradition; the history of Christianity in Kievan Rus; "Graffiti of Sophia of Kiev", commented by Doctor of Historical Sciences Serhiy Vysotsky; "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" as a call for the unification of the Rus' princes; Yaroslav Osmomysl and his role in the history of Ukraine; the Union of Lublin, the founding of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the creation of the Ukrainian Cossacks; Hetman Konoshevich-Sagaydachny, the uprising of Bohdan Khmelnytsky against the Poles, the Pereyaslav Council; historical evidence of the unification of Ukraine and Russia, commented by Candidate of Historical Sciences Ihor Usenko, the song "Saturdays" by the group "Komu vnyz" with lyrics by Taras Shevchenko sounds; events of World War I and 1917; Ukraine during the Soviet era, the Holodomor; a speech by Doctor of Historical Sciences Yuriy Shapoval about the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council and President Kyrylo Ivanovich Osmak; an interview with historian and former political prisoner Valentyn Moroz a hypothesis about the origin of the name Ukraine; Chernobyl accident, collapse of the USSR, Act of Independence; Mykola Chmykhov and his work "Tradition of the Pre-Trypilly Times"; Doctor of Philology Vasyl Yaremenko on the history of the Ukrainian anthem "Ukraine is Not Dead Yet".