“Hlukhiv is the Hetman's capital”

Sumy Regional TV and Radio Company, 2008. Program on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of Hlukhiv as the Hetman's capital.

The video shows shots of the autumn city, people, churches, monuments, the bus station, Kyiv Gate, archival photos of the city, historical figures. It tells about the history of the city, the proclamation of anathema to Ivan Mazepa, the destruction of churches and the execution of Cossacks by order of the russian tsar, Taras Shevchenko's stay in Hlukhiv, and the creation of the Singing School.

Comments: Viktor Zaika, senior lecturer at Hlukhiv Pedagogical University; Yurii Kovalenko, historian, archaeologist, employee of the Hlukhiv Historical and Cultural Reserve; Serhii Slesarev, director of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve.

Author: Raisa Stoyan.