Taiho, arguably the greatest Sumo wresler of all time, was of Ukrainian descent and...

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According to Wikipedia, Taihō Kōki - (Іва́н Бори́шко, Ivan Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the...

Nicholas Chain Bridge in Kyiv was the largest bridge in Europe

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The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1853. The 776-metre-long (2,546 ft) bridge was the...

Kateryna Yushchenko – inventor of Address Programming Language (APL) and Pointers. APL was more...

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Plankalkul was the first high-level programming language to be designed for a computer. It designed for engineering purposes by Konrad Zuse between...

John Steinbeck describes the ruins of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia and sarcophagus of Yaroslav...

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"We went from this little plaster city, so new that it has not even been built yet, to the ancient monastery on the cliff....

Ukraine-engineered most powerful ballistic missile SS-18 was used as Dnieper Rocket to deliver satellites...

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R-36 is the world's largest and most dangerous Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) ever built. And it is solely Ukraine's know-how. Highly accurate guided missiles...

Mysterious Trypillia Culture in Ukraine was older than Egyptian and Sumerian ones. It constructed...

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In the 1890s, while excavating an Upper Paleolithic site in central Kyiv, Czech archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika discovered artifacts of a later civilization. The pieces of pottery...

Kyiv Aviation Museum among 10 best in the world, – CNN

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"This museum, operated by Ukraine's National Aviation University, houses one of the world's biggest displays of aviation technology.The majority of the aircraft are ones...

World’s Strongest Plane – Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan | Mega Machines

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"The world's largest production cargo plane must carry a record-breaking load in a race against the clock. The Antonov 124 is an air...

In 1710 the Ukrainian Cossacks drafted one of Europe’s first state constitutions, which had...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Pylyp_Orlyk

The largest pre-WW1 plane – Sikorsky’s S-22 ‘Ilya Muromets’ – made its maiden flight...

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Igor Sikorsky flew "Ilya Muromets" plane personally from Petersburg to his native Kyiv setting several world records. As it turns out though, the true...