Ukrainian Myron Diduryk, “the finest battlefield company commander I had ever seen” – the...

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“Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion had good, solid, professional noncoms, and its troops had served together for a long time. It was a good rifle...

Two Ukrainians Launched World’s First Satellite into Space Oct. 04, 1957. Both Were Denied...

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A Soviet newspaper of early October, 1957: "On 4 October 1957 at 10:28 p.m. Moscow time a violent flash of light illuminated the night...

Georgy Voronoi: founder of the geometric theory of numbers, creator of “Voronoi Diagram”

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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...

Meeting at the Elbe: Lt. William Robertson (U.S. Army) and Lt. Alexander Silvashko (First...

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April 25, 1945, the day American troops and the troops of the First Ukrainian Front met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany...

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 the FIDE world rankings three...

Igor Sikorsky set a world speed record of 113 km/h on his plane in...

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In the autobiography "The Story of the Winged-S", Igor Sikorsky recalled: "For my future work, I had to use experimental data obtained from the...

Terry Sawchuck, the famous Hockey Hall of Fame goalie, was named ‘Ukey” because of...

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"Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey...
“Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazeppa

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Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819. It is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan...

Chuck Palahniuk of Ukrainian descent

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk

World Famous Ukrainians

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Celebreties Let us start with Wayne Gretzky's speech at "United for Ukraine" event - it has some information that may surprize you. Milla Jovovich who calls herself "a humble...