Monuments to Igor Sikorsky in Kyiv opened by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko

Igor Sikorsky was born in Kyiv and achieved world fame while still living in it. For example, he set the World Speed Record and...

Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor, 1948

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Natalia Zakharenko is the real name of this Hollywood star actress (“West Side Story” film had 11 Academy Award nominations). Her grandparents had to leave...

Ukrainian boy was catching sweets from American planes during the Berlin Airlift in 1948....

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One of the engineers laying the foundation of the Apollo systems in 1962 was Michael Yarymovych, born Mikhail Yarymovych in pre-WWII Ukraine. In his...

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 in the 1990s,...

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...

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...

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 Sklar is a...

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...

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...