Natalie Wood, ‘West Side Story’ film star, in her Ukrainian national dress

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'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...

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 journey from Aleppo...

Immortal Glory 300 years of Ukrainian Cossack: Silver Coin GHANA 2025

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Weight2 OzSize50 mmMintage999AccessoriesCertificate of Authenticity, Box Another Ghana Coin: < Origin of Ukrainian Cossacks 'Gardariki, Ukraine' ebook has little-known facts about Kyiv Rus that provide a different...

Quiet Ukrainian behind IBM, Apple success: Lubomir Romankiw was born Apr. 17, 1931

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Lubomyr Romankiw was born in 1931 when the city of Zhovkva was part of Poland. After WWII, the Romakiw family traveled to Munich, where...

Sergei Korolev and Gagarin’s first human flight into space on April 12, 1961

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Asif Azam Siddiqi is a Bangladeshi American space historian and a Guggenheim Fellowship winner. He is a professor of history with a specialization in...

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 had been designed. It...

Which famous Ukrainians could represent Royal Scythians?

News Site in the USA: "Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra”, a four-part docuseries exploring the life and reign of Cleopatra, was released this month to almost...

Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian prominent sculptor inspired by Scythian Art

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M. Shkandrij in his 'Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine' published in Boston in 2019, wrote that Alexander Archipenko "called for a renewal of “ancient polychromy which is far...

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 and succeeding generations...

Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01, 1945

" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at about 03:00, Berest...