Anniversary of Artist Mykola Samokish: 1980

Crimean Television, 1980. The video shows Simferopol and features a segment dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian battle painter Mykola Samokish. It shows the house where the artist lived, classes at the Simferopol Art School named after him, and the artist’s works.

It contains propaganda and Soviet symbols.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.