Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

1998, National Television Company of Ukraine. Special edition of the programme ‘Svitchado’ dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

The video includes: opening credits, programme announcement, film and photo materials, rare footage from newsreels featuring former presidents of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Academy of Sciences library, chemical and biological laboratories, an interview with Boris Paton, and stories dedicated to the presidents who headed the National Academy of Sciences in different years: 1. Volodymyr Vernadsky; 2. Orest Levytsky; 3. Mykola Vasylenko; 4. Volodymyr Lypsky; 5. Danylo Zabolotny; 6. Oleksandr Bogomolets; 7. Oleksandr Palladin; 8. Boris Paton.