40 years of television: the program “Nadvechirya”

Kyiv, 1991. The program “Nadvechirya” (Evening), dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Ukrainian television. Hosted by Tamara Shcherbatyuk. The video features memories of employees, veterans, and guests of television, newsreels, and archival programs.

Interviews: Ilya Vorobyov — engineer; Olga Chernova — film projectionist; Vilena Vechkova — assistant director; People's Artists of Ukraine Andriy Bobir, Yevhen Ponomarenko, Volodymyr Lyzogub, Ada Rogovtseva; composer Oleksandr Bilash; journalists Kateryna Rozstalna, Viktor Kashtanov, Vitaliy Zhuri, Yuriy Krykun, Valentina Chelnokova; Olena Nikolaieva — announcer; directors Ninel Deryugina, Boris Rybet, Rodion Yefimenko, Viktor Kisin, Vadym Chubasov, Oleksandr Lypkivsky, Yurii Suyarko; Zharmén Yushkova — engineer; writers Mykhailo Kaniuka and Valerii Guzhva; Minister of Culture of Ukraine L.I. Khorolets; Actor Petro Vesklyarov (Ded Panas); Presenters: Oleksandr Safonov, Maya Lupar, Svitlana Bilonozhko, Svitlana Hanska, Tetiana Tsymbal, Ivan Vovk; Composer Volodymyr Shapovalenko (singing a song).

Part of the interview is in Russian. Excerpts from the film “Masters of Art” are used, as well as the songs: ‘Ask’ (Oleksandr Bilash, Anatoliy Bortnyak, performed by Femi Mustafayev), Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky “The Nightingale and the Rose” (performed by Yelizaveta Chavdar), Igor Shamo “Donetsk Quadrille” (performed by the quartet of bayan players of the Kyiv State Philharmonic), Volodymyr Kosenko “I Saw How the Wind Broke the Birch Tree...” (performed by Boris Hmyria).