The Cossack Family of the Lyzohubs

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1990.

The film "Sonata" is dedicated to the Cossack family of the Lyzohubs and the cultural contribution of its representatives to the history of Ukraine.

On the video: a story about the Lyzohub family of different generations from the 17th century, historical references; photographs of the Lyzohubs; a tour of the Lyzohubs' house in Chernihiv region, a story about Taras Shevchenko's stay here; documents, photographs, museum exposition; a story about the composer Ilya Lyzohub; a historical reference about the revolutionary-populist, organizer of the "Land and Freedom" society, Dmytro Lyzohub.

Comments: inspector for the protection of monuments, Odesa Roman Shuvalov; foreman of the internal service of the Southern District No. 311/192, Odesa N. Kostetsky; projectionist, Sednev I. Pekur; tourists from the USA Mykola and Mary Sylychi.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: The Lyzohubs were a Ukrainian Cossack-starshyn, later noble family of the 17th–19th centuries, whose representatives held high military and administrative positions, and their estates were concentrated mainly in the Chernihiv and Poltava regions. The family included Andriy Lyzohub, close to Taras Shevchenko, as well as relatives of Mykola Gogol on the maternal line and a number of prominent statesmen and cultural figures.