Hryhorii Skovoroda: How Russia Tried to Appropriate ‘Ukrainian Socrates’
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...
Usyk and Klitschko Brothers 15 Years Ago
Not the Onion Material: The Man in the Middle will become the Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and Will Surpass the Achievements...
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...
Gogol, Ukrainian ‘Kafka’ whose novel became timeless verdict for Russia: The Dead Souls
"The question of Nikolai Gogol’s “belonging”—especially now, as Ukrainian and Russian cultures, long bound by an imperial past, are severing their ties before our...
Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazeppa
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...
World’s first Anti-Reflection Lens Coating invented by Ukrainian A. Smakula in 1935 became German...
Without the invention of anti-reflection lens coatings, modern lenses couldn’t exist. With nothing added to the surface of a glass lens, about 4% of...
Alex Trebek was born July 22, 1940. His original family last name was Terebeychuk....
Alex Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940, the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as...
Powerful speech in Canadian Parliament by “proud Ukrainian-Canadian” Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Chrystia Freeland who called herself a proud Ukrainian-Canadian delivered a strong speech in Canadian Parliament yesterday. "The single most important pillar of this, which emerged following the...
Sergey Bubka’s pole vault outdoor best of 6.14m celebrates its 25th anniversary
"Sergey Bubka’s world and European outdoor best of 6.14m is one of the most enduring marks in the record books and looks poised to celebrate...
