Ukrainian women at work. As seen by John Steinbeck and Robert Capa in 1947
" Shevchenko has never been one of the best farms because its land is not of the first quality, but before the war it...
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...
Natalie Wood, ‘West Side Story’ film star, in her Ukrainian national dress
'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...
Bees’ survival is crucial for humankind. This single invention by Ukrainian P. Prokopovych started...
"We all depend on the survival of bees,” – states the United Nations explaining the reason for designating May 20 as World’s Bee Day....
Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian prominent sculptor inspired by Scythian Art
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...
In the 16th century, a Ruthenian/Ukrainian woman was taken captive and brought to Istanbul...
Born in Ruthenia (now Rohatyn, Ukraine) to a Ruthenian Orthodox priest, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during a slave raid and eventually taken via the Crimean slave trade to Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem where...
Ivan Piddubny, Ukrainian World-Famous Wrestler Whose Legacy Russia Tried to Appropriate
Two years ago, in 2021, Google devoted a Doodle to the 150th anniversary of the world-famous wrestler Ivan Piddubny. The text of it is:...
Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo Kyiv head coach
"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981 being...
Did the U.S. Constitution Begin in Ukraine?
< The division of powers - legislative, executive, judicial - could have been first introduced by Ukrainian hetman Pylyp Orlyk in his Constitution of...














