The 12th Regional Plast Convention in Kyiv

First National, 2010. The report covers the 12th Regional Plast Congress in Kyiv, focusing on the history of the Plast movement and its members.

On the video: a stand-up segment by journalist Anastasia Stanko; participants in the Regional Congress; archival footage from the history of the Plast movement; sports competitions among participants; Plast badges on clothing; explanations of elements of the Plast uniform; the traveling exhibition “Plast — Ukrainian Scouting”; sections of the exhibition “Notable Plast Members of Today” featuring biographical notes on Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, Lubomyr Husar (2001–2011), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and “Notable Plast Members of Today” with information about UPA Commander-in-Chief Roman Shukhevych, writer Iryna Wilde, Detroit Mayor Mary Beck, OUN leader Stepan Bandera, poet and OUN activist Oleg Olzhych, and composer Mykola Kolessa; an excerpt from a performance of the movement’s anthem, “The Flower of Ukraine.”

Comments: Vyacheslav Sverdun (Ternopil), a scout leader and activist with the National Scout Organization of Ukraine; Bohdan Havrylyshyn, an economist, Ph.D., and honorary Plast member; and Anna Korolyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk), a Plast member.

Anastasia Stanko and Mykola Kryzhanivsky worked on this issue.