Video fragment from the programme "Historical Truth with Vakhtang Kipiani" broadcast on Dec 21, 2014, called "Mysteries of Tustan"
“The third characteristic of the boss, which was seldom mentioned due to its obvious nature, was his professionalism: an archeologist, an artist, a photographer, a historian, and an architect, and all these were accompanied by his boundless energy and enthusiasm” - Dmytro Dosyn, an expedition participant.
Mykhailo Rozhko with a binocular, a coffer and a sketching board is climbing Kamin to do a field study. Late 1970s.
Famous archeologist Mykhailo Sahaidak in the expedition. Early 1980.
Field researchers. Yurii Tokarskyi, Mykhailo Rozhko, Yurii Lukomskyi, Yurii Drebot. Mid-1980s.
In the expedition. Mykola Velyсhkovych, Vira Soika, Oleksandr Yermolin, Taras Romaniuk, Ihor Syman, Volodymyr Parubii and others. Mid-1980s.
Orest Krukovskyi is taking pictures in the expedition. 1980s.
Mykhailo Rozhko and head of one of the expedition teams Roman Sulyk. Late 1980s.
Participants of the expedition Mariia Sorokalit, Mariia Soika and others. Late 1970s – early 1980s.
Excavations lead by Larysa Krushelnytska. Late 1970s.
Sashko Zinchenko is lifting the well contents in a basket. Mid-1980s.
Travelling to a friendly expedition in Halych in an expedition car HAS-66. Andrii Parubii, Volodymyr Parubii, Taras Romaniuk, Mykhailo Rozhko. Mid-1980s.
On Kamin. Among those present is the famous writer Roman Ivanychuk, who was inspired here to write the novel “Scars on the Rock”.
Parubii brothers near the well. 1980s.
A commission from the Institute of Social Sciences – Yurii Zaitsev and Yirii Slyvka. 1984.
“Often, we were visited by (sometimes, important) guests from Lviv, Kyiv, etc (with treats!) – then our talks acquired a different character. Mykhailo Fedorovych was dreaming aloud about the Tustan of times long past and about the Tustan he’d like to see in the future” – Mariia Soika, an expedition participant.
A commission from the Institute of Social Sciences. 1984.
The expedition of Dubliany Agrarian Institute. The top ground of Velykyi Kamin (above the top cave). Late 1970s.
The expedition of Dubliany Agrarian Institute. The top ground of Velykyi Kamin (above the top cave). Late 1970s.
The second breakfast of expedition participants. Near Malyi Kamin. 1980s.
The expedition of Dubliany Agrarian Institute. The top ground of Velykyi Kamin (above the top cave). Late 1970s.
“He presented to me, like to many other participants of the Urych expedition, the romance and beauty of work, nature, and relationships. He gave us each other. Connections, sympathies, and friendships which have lasted the whole live” – Vita Susak, an expedition participant, about Mykhailo Rozhko. Early 1980s.
The jubilee last bonfire. Mid-1980s.
Lida Kvas is cleaning an architectural detail – a groove – with rock-climbing equipment. Kamin. 1980s.
The second breakfast. An experienced participant of the expedition Roman Sulyk with rock-climbing equipment (a harness rope, a rescue eight). Late 1970s – early 1980s.
Probably, a commission to solve territorial issues aimed to establish the Tustan Site Museum with participation of the director of the Lviv Historical Museum, Bohdan Chaikovskyi. Kamin. 1990s.
Assembling the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Tustan. Deputy director Ihor Punda is working with an angle grinder. 2017.
The team after the opening of the exhibition “Junk?” in the cultural center “Khata u Hlubokim”. 2016.
A hike in the mountains near Urych: a view of the Tustan Site Museum landscape from the ridge Kychera and the mountain pasture ground Tovsta. 2017.
The staff in the yard of the cultural center “Khata u Hlubokim”. 2017.
An excursion of the staff to the historical and architectural reserve “Stilsko”. 2017.
Skiing on Mount Zveniv near the village of Oriavchyk in the Carpathians. 2018.
A yearly staff meeting. Hrydnytsia (reception hall) in the Museum of Tustan. 2008.
A meeting of the staff of the Tustan Site Museum and experts on the program of museumification of monuments of Tustan. Roman Strekhaliuk, Oleh Rybchynskyi, Yurii Dubyk, Kateryna Chuieva, Roman Myska, Ihor Lavryshyn, Oksana Stefanyshyn, Natalia Kerch. Tustan courtyard. 2015.
The staff of the Tustan Site Museum in medieval costumes and armours at the festival “Jotvas Vartai”. Alytus, Lithuania. 2015.
An excursion to the national historical and architectural reserve “Kamianets”. Staffs of both institutions. 2013.
An annual cleanup in Tustan. 2015.
The team is presenting the Tustan Site Museum at Gal-EXPO Forum. 2016.
The architectural and archeological expeditions of Mykhailo Rozhko were not only field study of the old Ukrainian history, but also, thanks to the personality of their founder, they became a real center for national and patriotic education. It was a great honour to be a member of Rozhko’s team. Famous scholars, postgraduates, students and numerous enthusiasts of archeology immersed themselves together in the chivalrous past of Ukraine. Now, these people continue to support Tustan with their work, presence, research, and values which they put to life in their own fields. Quite a few of the past participants now are known as prominent archeologists, architects, sociologists, politicians, art scholars, publishers, and other intellectuals.