Historian and composer Mykola Arkas

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1995, the film "And with a Kind Word I Will Remember... Mykola Arkas" tells about the life and work of the Ukrainian cultural and educational figure, composer, historian, and educator.

On the video: photos of Mykola Arkas' parents; image of the Cossack Mamai; icon of Saint Nicholas; mother's family estate in Bohdanivka; photos of Petro Nishchynsky, Mark Kropyvnytsky; photos of Mykola Arkas from different periods; excerpts from Mykola Arkas' diary; grave-crypt of the Arkas family; notes of the overture to the opera "Catherine"; excerpt from the production of the opera "Catherine"; footage of the chronicle of Emperor nicholas II; telegram to Mykola Arkas from Mark Kropyvnytsky; excerpts of correspondence; building of the Mykolaiv Academic Art Drama Theater; sketches by Mykola Arkas; photo of the opening of the monument to Ivan Kotlyarevsky in Poltava; Charter of the Ukrainian society "Prosvita" in Mykolaiv; photo of the Ukrainian literary critic, writer, editor of the first complete "Kobzar", History of Ukraine-Rus Vasyl Domanytsky; publication "History of Ukraine-Rus"; Vyacheslav Lypynsky's review of "History of Ukraine-Rus" by Mykola Arkas in the "Literary and Scientific Bulletin".

The film uses materials from: the Central State Archive of Cinema, Photo, and Phonodocuments of Ukraine (now the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive); the Institute of Manuscripts of the Central Scientific Library named after V. I. Vernadsky of the NAS of Ukraine (now the Institute of Manuscripts of the National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadsky); the State Museum of Theater, Music, and Cinematography of Ukraine (now the Museum of Theater, Music, and Cinematography of Ukraine); the State Archives of Mykolaiv Oblast; Mykolaiv Museum of History and Local Lore; Mykolaiv Museum of Shipbuilding and Fleet; Odessa Museum of History and Local Lore.

Reference: Mykola Arkas is a Ukrainian cultural and educational figure, writer, composer, historian; one of the founders and head of the "Prosvita" society in Mykolaiv; author of the folk lyrical and everyday opera "Katerina", the historical essay "History of Ukraine-Rus", and the poem "Hetman Pylyp Orlyk".