Georgy Voronoi: founder of the geometric theory of numbers, creator of “Voronoi Diagram”
Vorony, Heorhii b 28 April 1868 in Zhuravka, Pyriatyn county, Poltava gubernia, d 20 November 1908 in Warsaw. Mathematician; corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy...
Igor Sikorsky: ‘My family is of Ukrainian origin’. Official document
When one opens Igor Sikorsky's Wikipedia page, in the "Early Life" paragraph one can read the following sentence: "When questioned regarding his...
Ukrainian Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force credited for initiation of GPS: Michael...
But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his...
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...
Ukrainian who created the best jet engines in the world: Arkhyp Lyulka
In 1926, a young man from the Kyiv region entered Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The man's first name was Arkhyp, and his...
Ivan Puluj and long hair of one of his female students
One of Puluj's students, Katherine Stozitska, after asking permission from her parents, cut her very long hair that was almost touching...
Kazimir Malevich, a Ukrainian avant-garde artist
Kazimir Malevich, an artist of Polish descent, was born in Ukraine on Feb. 23, 1879. His father was Polish, director of...
George Kistiakowsky: Ukrainian who made Manhatten Project work and first Atomic bomb explode
The US Government called on Dr. Kistiakowsky to help solve the problem with the new weapon the physicists at Los Alamos...
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...
‘Easter morning prayer” by Ukrainian painter Mykola Pymonenko
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