History of Ukrainian Book Printing

History of Ukrainian Book Printing

2006, 24 min

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2006.

The documentary film "The Temple of the Ukrainian Book" is dedicated to the Museum of Book and Printing of Ukraine, located on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

On the video: panorama of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; printing house of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; museum halls, visitors; various exhibits: an old typewriter, copies of old editions, examples of old fonts, illustrations, engravings; pages of the Reims Gospel; manuscript books, drawings; "The Collection of Svyatoslav"; monument to Nestor; Peresopnytsia Gospel, footage from the oath of the President of Ukraine on the Peresopnytsia Gospel; portraits of Ivan Fedorov, the first typewriter; Ivan Fedorov's Ostroh Bible; portrait gallery: Onikiy Halyatovsky, Yuriy Konytskyy, Lazar Baranovych, Hryhoriy Skovoroda; portrait of Petro Mohyla; samples of book bindings; a copy of the publication "Ukraine - Cossack State"; refectory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Dmytro Paliy, deputy director of the museum, talks about the history of Ukrainian book printing, the first printers and the most famous editions.