“What would seem to be words”: Taras Shevchenko

Kyiv, year unknown. On the audio recording, Mykola Koziy reads Taras Shevchenko's poem “Nu, shcho zdayalosya slova” (“What Would Seem to Be Words”).

Reference: Mykola Koziy is a Ukrainian dubbing actor, announcer, television and radio presenter, and journalist. He is considered one of the best Ukrainian radio announcers.

He has participated in the dubbing of a number of popular television series and programs. Since the mid-1990s, he has been one of the hosts of the NRKU morning news program. Mykola Koziy participated in the dubbing and voice acting of such films as “The King Speaks,” “Noah's Ark,” the TV series ‘Alf’ and “Columbo,” and the animated series “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” and “Transformers.” He voiced a large number of audiobooks. In 2019, he voiced the Tomos granting autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Mykola Koziy died on September 7, 2020, at the age of 80 after a serious illness.

Ukrainian Radio, in collaboration with Suspilne Media Library, is releasing unique archival recordings collected over 100 years in the project Treasures of the Ukrainian Radio Sound Archive. In it, you will hear the voices of prominent writers, singers, legendary announcers, and music from Ukrainian Radio's artistic ensembles. You can listen to the recordings on the Suspilne Media Library website and on the project's YouTube page.