The village of Iskryskivshchyna on the border with russia

2021, Sumy Regional Directorate of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. An episode from the series ‘The Wilderness on the Border’ dedicated to the village of Iskryskivshchyna on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

The video features: opening credits, shots of the village, footage from a quadcopter, stories of local residents, local historian Mykola Babak treating viewers to his own grapes, domestic animals, the Church of St. Barbara the Martyr, the burial place of Ukrainian entrepreneur Ivan Tereshchenko, the village club, the disco, the female vocal ensemble ‘Vidrada’ performing songs, local resident Nadiya Litovchenko crocheting colourful rugs.

Comments: local residents; local historian Mykola Babak on the history of the village, its proximity to the border with Russia, the burial place of I. Tereshchenko, and the history of the wooden Church of St. Barbara the Martyr.