"Banknotes of our state": outstanding Ukrainians in hryvnias

August 8, 2009. Odesa Regional State Television and Radio Company. The program "Banknotes of our state" tells about the Ukrainian hryvnia and prominent figures whose portraits are depicted on banknotes.

The presenter talks about the transition from coupon-karbovantsi to the hryvnia and introduces the audience to the stories of Volodymyr the Great, Yaroslav the Wise, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Ivan Mazepa, Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko and Lesya Ukrainka.

Historical information about the life and activities of Ukrainian figures is complemented by fragments of feature and historical films, photographs, reproductions from books, archival documents, manuscripts and editions of Ivan Franko's works. The story about Ivan Mazepa is accompanied by footage of Ukrainian cities and landscapes, and the story of Taras Shevchenko is shown against the background of his drawings and photographs.

Nataliya Karai, Halyna Zakharova, Ihor Derevyanko, Yevhen Hoffman, Kostyantyn Shevchenko, Anna Buziyan worked on the program.