Secrets of Mezhyhirya

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1993.

The film "Secrets of Mezhyhirya" tells the story of a historical area near Kyiv, near Vyshgorod, where the famous Mezhyhirya Monastery once stood, and now government dachas are located.

Historian and researcher of Mezhyhirya Mykola Vizyr shares little-known facts, revealing forgotten pages of the past of this unique monument.

Reference: Mykola Petrovich Vizyr is a Ukrainian archeographer, historian and specialist in manuscript heritage, for over 30 years he headed the manuscripts department of the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Thanks to his efforts, valuable archives of Ukrainian writers, scientists, and artists have been preserved — even during times of ideological persecution. Author of numerous archeographic works, popularizer of cultural history and active figure in the field of monument protection.