Injustice towards Sergei Korolev after Gagarin’s first man into space flight

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Academician Boris Chertok in his three-volume memoirs Rockets and People translated into English and published by NASA's History Division, recollected: "It grieved us when we...

Ukrainian who discovered X-rays but didn’t receive credit for it: Ivan Puluj

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As Noble Prize's official webpage describes it: "On the evening of 8 November 1895, Röntgen was in his laboratory studying how cathode-ray tubes emit...

Wladimir Klitschko should be added to Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champions’ list, – LinealBoxChamp

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In early 2014, Wladimir Klitschko held the WBO +IBF + WBA belts. There were no other titlists. The WBC title was vacant. Wladimir had defeated Povetkin...

Taiho, arguably the greatest Sumo wresler of all time, was of Ukrainian descent and...

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According to Wikipedia, Taihō Kōki - (Іва́н Бори́шко, Ivan Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the...

‘Easter morning prayer” by Ukrainian painter Mykola Pymonenko

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Read about Mykola Pymonenko and his prominent works >

Ukrainian-American Sgt. Michael Strank was 1 of 6 Marines who raised flag on Mt....

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" Michael Strank (November 10, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of...
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...
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Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo Kyiv head coach

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"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981 being...
The event captured by photographer Henry H. Barrett on February 3, 1896, in Dartmouth’s Reed Hall.

First ever X-ray in the US was performed on the invention of Ukrainian scientist...

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“On January 19, 1896, young Eddie McCarthy of Hanover fell while skating on the Connecticut River and fractured his left wrist”. He was attended...

Bohdan Khmelnitsky meeting Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch near Kyiv in 1654

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Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...