Memories of Ivan Kozhedub

Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. The March 12, 2010 issue of the program "Ivan's Shores" is dedicated to the Soviet pilot of Ukrainian origin Ivan Kozhedub.

On the video: the pilot's native village of Obrazhiyivka, Sumy region, landscapes; fragments of black-and-white chronicles, photographs of Ivan Kozhedub; St. Michael's Church, different angles; photographs of the Kozhedub family - father and brothers; descendants' house, memorial plaque; nature of Sumy region; memories of the pilot from fellow villagers; chronicle with the installation of a pedestal in the village.

Comments: Ivan Kozhedub's daughter-in-law Lyubov Kozhedub; classmate Stepan Sukhovatiy; head of the folk museum of local lore of the village of Obrazhiyivka Kateryna Nasiko; village head of Obrazhiyivka Ivan Osypenko; fellow countryman Volodymyr Petrenko.

Reference: Ivan Kozhedub is a Soviet fighter pilot, Marshal of Aviation. He was born in the village of Obrazhiyivka, Glukhiv district, into a family of Ukrainian Cossack origin. During World War II, he became the most successful pilot of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, having won 64 confirmed air victories. He is the only Ukrainian to have been awarded three titles of Hero of the Soviet Union. Throughout his life, he repeatedly emphasized his Ukrainian origin and connection with his native Sumy region.