
History of the foundation of Kherson
2006, 24 min
"Scythia", 2006. The program "City I Love" is dedicated to the history of the foundation of the city of Kherson.
On the video: (pseudo)decree of Catherine II on the construction of Kherson, the text is read in russian; views of Kherson, the Ochakov Gate, Catherine's Cathedral, old houses, new roads, a monument to Lenin, a bridge across the Dnieper; documentary chronicles: the construction of the Black Sea Fleet, the revolution, the wars of 1905–1920, the Second World War, the reconstruction of the city after the wars, the construction of residential quarters; a plot about the development of industry: an iron foundry, a Gurevich plant, a railway, a power plant, a confectionery factory, a cannery, a ship repair plant, an elevator, a cotton processing plant, a port; a blitz poll of local residents; local enterprises: "Mechanical Plant", Kherson State Plant "Palada", CJSC "Krasen", Cotton Mill, Kherson Shipbuilding Plant; Surgical Building of Kherson Regional Hospital; Local History Museum, B. Lavrynyov Museum, O. Shovkunenko Art Museum, M. Kulish Music and Drama Theater; a story about the festival of musical premieres "Melpomene of Tavria"; Regional Puppet Theater.
The program was produced by: Tamila Ivanova, Olga Rybas, Yuriy Kharchenko, Volodymyr Yefimov, Sergey Vasiliev.