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Natalie Wood in her Ukrainian national dress
'Natalia Zakharenko' is the real name of this Hollywood star actress ("West Side Story" film won 11 Academy Award nominations). Her grandparents had to leave...
Wayne Gretsky & Other UKEs: Documentary on Ukrainians in NHL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=85&v=JqX5HAzyMWE
Ukraine’s new tank can take on Russia’s best, but Kyiv can’t...
"When Kiev announced it would revive the same spirit of industry that bred its Soviet-era tank manufacture, boosting production for a new tank vehicle by...
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Variations on Ukrainian Folk Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) used themes from Ukraine for two of his Ten National Airs with Variations, Op. 107 for piano with...
De-Russification of Ukrainian art, – DW
New York museum has renamed an Edgar Degas painting to recognize its Ukrainian, not Russian, theme, and acknowledged formerly Russia-designated artists as Ukrainian.
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Fingers point at Russian state over Petya hack attack on Ukraine,...
“As important government systems have been targeted, then in case the operation is attributed to a state, this could count as a violation...
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Moxel, ‘race of pure pagans’ to the north of Rus described...
William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. In 1248, he accompanied King Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade. On...
Enterpreneur: Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion Dr. Wladimir Klitschko On Achieving...
According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his two decades in...
“Tunnel of Love” originally was used to conceal the transport of...
In the centuries-old city of Klevan, Ukraine, a railroad track cuts through the trees shaping a tunnel, appropriately named the Tunnel of Love...
First ever X-ray in the US was performed on the invention...
“On January 19, 1896, young Eddie McCarthy of Hanover fell while skating on the Connecticut River and fractured his left wrist”. He was attended...
Yuzhnoye SDO celebrates successul launch of Antares
"Antares LV consists of two stages and Cygnus cargo vehicle (third stage). Core structure of the Antares’ first stage was developed by Yuzhnoye SDO...
Scythian Amazons’ Skincare
Herodotus in his 'Histories' wrote: "But the women pour water into a mixture of cypress, cedar, and frankincense wood, which they have ground...
Russia created a gigantic Jewish ghetto in Ukraine and Belarus 232...
"On December 23, 1791, Catherine II (“the Great”), the empress of Russia, authorized the creation of the Pale of Settlement, an area in the...
Ivan Kozhedub, a Ukrainian, was the highest scoring Allied and Soviet...
Unfortunately, after World War II, he remained in the military and went on to command the 324th Fighter Aviation Division during Soviet operations in...
Soviet Russia was Anti-Semitic and Anti-Ukrainian
Instigating racial hatred, Moscow targeted Ukrainians and Jews in the first place. Its propaganda often portrayed the two nationalities together as the enemies of...
Ukrainian language is likely the closest to original Proto-Indo-European language
British philologist William Jones in early 1786 voiced his famous "Phililoger Passage" which is considered the beginning of Indo-European studies. Here is what Jones...
In the 16th century a Ruthenian/Ukrainian woman was taken captive and...
Born in Ruthenia (now Rohatyn, Ukraine) to a Ruthenian Orthodox priest, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during a slave raid and eventually taken via the Crimean slave trade to Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem where...
