Volodymyr Vynnychenko: politician and writer

Volodymyr Vynnychenko: politician and writer

2011, 45 min

The film tells the story of Volodymyr Vynnychenko, a Ukrainian politician and public figure, novelist, playwright, and artist. He was the author of almost all the universal laws and legislative projects of the Ukrainian People's Republic. He was the first head of the UPR Directorate, head of the General Secretariat, and Secretary General of the Interior. He was the second head of the Ukrainian National Union and a representative of the Ukrainian Central Rada delegation in Petrograd.

In addition to his political activities, Vynnychenko was also involved in literature. And according to the legislation of independent Ukraine, he is a fighter for the independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century.

Interview: Hryhorii Hrabovych, editor-in-chief of the Krytyka magazine, writer Yurii Shcherbak, Doctor of Philology Volodymyr Panchenko, and Deputy Director of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature Serhii Halchenko. The program was hosted by Doctor of Historical Sciences Yuriy Shapoval.

Excerpts from the films "Love Island. Hostages", "Volodymyr Vynnychenko's Calvary".