Ukrainian-American Sgt. Michael Strank was 1 of 6 Marines who raised flag on Mt....
" Michael Strank (November 10, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of...
Lviv: The Hidden Coffee Capital – FINANCIAL TIMES
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The most verbose of all the Varangian stones – the Turinge Runestone in Sweden...
" This is a runestone raised in the church of Turinge. It is in sandstone, in the style Pr4 and it was made in memory of the...
Georgy Voronoi: founder of the geometric theory of numbers, creator of “Voronoi Diagram”
Vorony, Heorhii b 28 April 1868 in Zhuravka, Pyriatyn county, Poltava gubernia, d 20 November 1908 in Warsaw. Mathematician; corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences from...
Jack Palance, Oscar-winning Ukrainian-American cowboy was born Feb. 18, 1919
Jack Palance born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best...
Ukraine in Space
Sergei Korolev - the leading Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer was born in Zhytomir, Ukraine. It is due to his genius, the Soviet Union...
First ever X-ray in the US was performed on the invention of Ukrainian scientist...
“On January 19, 1896, young Eddie McCarthy of Hanover fell while skating on the Connecticut River and fractured his left wrist”. He was attended...
Sport Illustrated’s 2018 Boxing Trainer of the Year: ‘Papachenko’
There’s one man who works with more fighters in the current wave of Eastern European boxing champions than any other. That’s Anatoliy Lomachenko,...
10th-century Easter Egg from Kyiv Rus 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...
During his speech in Kyiv in 1972, President Nixon named Kyiv the “City of...
"As I think of a way to describe our feelings on this occasion, I noted that in history--and this city is so full of...
