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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...

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...

‘Mustang Wanted’, a world famous roofer

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Grisha "Mustang Wanted" is the roofer who climbs tall buildings in different countries without any support and is the one who painted a star on one of the tallest Moscow building...
“Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazeppa

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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...

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...

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 roots, he would...

Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994

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Known as the “Swan of Odessa,” Baiul was one of the most graceful and artistically accomplished skaters in the history of the sport....

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...

Terry Sawchuck, the famous Hockey Hall of Fame goalie, was named ‘Ukey” because of...

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"Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey...
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...