Ivan Kozhedub, a Ukrainian, was the highest scoring Allied and Soviet fighter pilot of...
Unfortunately, after World War II, he remained in the military and went on to command the 324th Fighter Aviation Division during Soviet operations in...
Mystery of How Kyiv Shaped Early Christianity in Norway
The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim. It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns out to become...
The world’s first railway electrification system and electric tram were invented by Ukrainian Fyodor...
"..engineer of Ukrainian origin and inventor of the world's first railways electrification system and electric tram. While the commercialization of his inventions in Russia...
AN-124 helps out Boeing in extreeme freezing conditions in Canada
Ukrainian plane delivered a Boeing 777 engine from Zurich to Canadian Iqaluit where the Boeing was stuck with 233 passengers travelling to Los Angeles. With the temperature being -30C, many specialists say...
Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were both...
The book 'Rockets and People' is part of the NASA History Series. It was written by the Soviet Academician Boris Chertok. The Preface to...
Duga-3 Over-the-Horizon Monster Radar near Chornobyl. The Russian Woodpecker
"you are in the middle of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and your tour guide asks, with just a hint of guile, if you would like...
13-year-old Ukrainian Oleksiy Sereda became the youngest European champion in the history of diving
"Ukraine's 13-year-old diving sensation Oleksii Sereda has become the sport's youngest-ever European champion after winning 10m platform gold in Kiev. Sereda is three months younger...
Ukraine-Born Inventor Creates World’s Most Powerful and Efficient Engine
Kiev Politechnical Institute graduate Dr. Nickolay Shkolnik moved to the USA where he founded his own company and where together with his son...
10th century Kyiv Easter Egg discovered in Sweden
"Glazed ceramic Resurrection egg. The egg is made of glazed fired clay. It varies in colour from bright chocolate brown to dark green. The...
Bill Mosienko scored fastest hat trick in NHL history 23 March, 1952
Bill Mosienko (1921-1994) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black...
