Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01, 1945
" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at about 03:00, Berest...
Serge Lifar, world ballet great, recollects his native Kyiv of 1905-1921
Serge Lifar was "a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Lifar was also a choreographer,...
Kistiakowsky & Gordian Knot of Los Alamos’ Ski Slope
Working against the clock to build weapons that might end a long and bloody war strained life at Los Alamos but also heightened it…...
Ukrainians on Forbes ’30 Under 30 Europe’ List
https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/entertainment/#7f066d4f4c9b https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/sports-games/#251049081bb1 https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/big-money/#4e0486145a07 https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/technology/#2ef732f1702d
Ukrainian Novikov, 24, World’s Strongest, Sets New World Record in Deadlift
November 17, 2020 during the World's Strongest Man Finals, Oleksii Novikov set a New World Record - 537.5kg (1185lb) 18-Inch Deadlift. But in this...
Ukrainian Sergei Korolev the day he was returned to Moscow prison after one year...
The man who would open space to humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 (30 Dec 1906 old calendar), in Zhitomir,...
Philip Kotler, Ukrainian-American Father of Modern Marketing
Philip Kotler (born May 27, 1931) is an American marketing author, consultant, and Professor Emeritus; the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School...
Kazimir Malevich, a Ukrainian avant-garde artist was born in Kyiv on Feb. 23, 1879
Kazimir Malevich, an artist of Polish descent, was born in Ukraine on Feb. 23, 1879. His father was Polish, director of sugar refineries. The surname...
Ukrainian Myron Diduryk, “the finest battlefield company commander I had ever seen” – the...
“Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion had good, solid, professional noncoms, and its troops had served together for a long time. It was a good rifle...
The World’s First Kidney Transplant by Ukrainian Dr. Yurii Voronyi in 1933
Yurii Voronyi (1895-1961) was the first doctor in the world to perform renal transplantation in the clinic. The operation was conducted in 1933 in...














