Ukrainian song contest “Chervona Ruta”

March 1989, Chernivtsi, Officers' House.

The first Ukrainian pop song contest “Chervona Ruta”. Hosts: Vasyl Ilashchuk and Olena Kosyachenko.

Participants: Kornelii Sainchuk - musician, chairman of the jury; Yurii Sokolov - representative of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Ukraine; Mykhailo Ivasiuk - writer, Volodymyr's father; singers: Marian Hadenko, Yevheniya Zaitseva, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Oksana Savchuk, Pavlo Dvorsky, Vasyl Zinkevych, Nazariy Yaremchuk; VIA Tembr (Novoselytsia district); VIA Smerichka (Vyzhnytsia district); VIA Metronom (Chernivtsi; Zahrava ensemble (Ivano-Frankivsk region, Kolomyia district); Svitozary ensemble (Ternopil region) - the main winners of the competition.

Nazariy Yaremchuk and Vasyl Zinkevych talk about Volodymyr Ivasyuk and sing the song “Chervona Ruta” together with other participants.