Memories of Maria Savchenko

Memories of Maria Savchenko

2013, 2 min

Sumy television, 2013. The video features a story about Maria Savchenko, a milkmaid, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, who participated in the evacuation of a large herd of Lebedyn cows during World War II.

The footage used is black-and-white newsreel footage: a livestock farm, Savchenko on the farm, milkmaids, breeders' work, Lebedyn cows, an agricultural exhibition, footage of the Second World War.

Interview: Valentyna Ivashyna, a fellow villager; Nadiia Zvyaholska, a former milkmaid; Larysa Vodzynska, Maria Savchenko's granddaughter.