Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukrainian eccentric Chess Grandmaster

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Vasyl Ivanchuk was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on...

World’s first Anti-Reflection Lens Coating invented by Ukrainian A. Smakula in 1935 became German...

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Without the invention of anti-reflection lens coatings, modern lenses couldn’t exist. With nothing added to the surface of a glass lens,...

Bohdan Khmelnitsky meeting Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch near Kyiv in 1654

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Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a...

Leland Sklar, a living legend of the bass guitar, played on 2000 albums and...

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"Having survived five decades on the road with James Taylor, Phil Collins, and just about everyone else on the planet, Lee...

Ukrainian High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Women’s European Athlete of the Year

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"Yaroslava Mahuchikh continues to raise the bar in every sense. She won gold in Roma 2024 in June, then broke the...

Ukrainians who created Nuclear Missile Shield of the USSR: Korolev, Glushko, Yangel, Chelomey

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Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened...

First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two major contributors to...

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Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened...

Hryhorii Skovoroda: How Russia Tried to Appropriate ‘Ukrainian Socrates’

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Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 – 1794) was a philosopher of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He was a poet, a teacher, and a composer of liturgical music. His significant influence on his contemporaries...

Igor Sikorsky decided to build World’s First Four-Engine Airplane while still living in his...

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"The general idea of a large flying ship with several motors, and comfortable closed cabins, had been an ideal for a long time, but none...

Igor Sikorsky’s record-breaking 1,200 km-long flight on ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane from Petrograd to Kyiv...

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"There was one more important test flight as well as demonstration left to be accomplished, namely a long journey across the...