Painting “Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Ukrainian Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa and Lord Byron’s poem devoted to him

Near the end of the 17th century, Ukrainian Cossacks had a Hetman whose name would be known all over Europe and later on around...

Kistiakowsky & Gordian Knot of Los Alamos’ Ski Slope

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Working against the clock to build weapons that might end a long and bloody war strained life at Los Alamos but also heightened it…...

De-Russification of Ukrainian art, – DW

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New York museum has renamed an Edgar Degas painting to recognize its Ukrainian, not Russian, theme, and acknowledged formerly Russia-designated artists as Ukrainian. Barley...

‘Flying Cossacks’ US Aviation Subdivision during the Vietnam War

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"DALLAS — Twenty-five years after being formed in Texas, the Flying Cossacks of 1964-1965 held their first reunion. The surviving pilots who could be...

Ukrainian Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught painter-virtuoso praised by Pablo Picasso

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In Dec. 2020, Doodle celebrated the 120th birthday of a Ukrainian painter with the following words: "Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught virtuoso earned international renown for...

The founder of Geosynchronous Communications Satellite industry Joseph V. Charyk was born in Canada to a...

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Joseph Vincent Charyk (September 9, 1920 – September 28, 2016) was widely credited as the founder of the geosynchronous communications satellite industry. He was born...

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 in the 1990s,...

WW2 Master Sergeant Nicholas Oresko, son of Ukrainian immigrants, received Medal of Honor from...

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Nicholas Oresko (January 18, 1917 – October 4, 2013) was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Germany on January...

Bees’ survival is crucial for humankind. This single invention by Ukrainian P. Prokopovych started...

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"We all depend on the survival of bees,” – states the United Nations explaining the reason for designating May 20 as World’s Bee Day....

Milla ‘The Fifth Element’ Jovovich was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 17, 1975

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The actress calls herself "a humble Ukrainian girl".Milla's words on her Facebook January 30, 2014, during Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, meant a lot to...