Elbe Day iconic photo: American Robertson and Ukrainian Silvashko

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April 25, 1945, the day American troops and the troops of the First Ukrainian Front met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany...

Symbolism of the Sabre Olexandr Usyk raised after his rematch with Fury: It belonged...

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"On Saturday night in Riyadh, Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision to retain his WBO, WBC, and WBA world heavyweight titles. Following...

Jack Palance, Oscar-winning Ukrainian-American cowboy was born Feb. 18, 1919

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Jack Palance born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best...

Ukrainian boy was catching sweets from American planes during the Berlin Airlift in 1948....

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One of the engineers laying the foundation of the Apollo systems in 1962 was Michael Yarymovych, born Mikhail Yarymovych in pre-WWII Ukraine. In his...

De-Russification of Ukrainian art, – DW

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New York museum has renamed an Edgar Degas painting to recognize its Ukrainian, not Russian, theme, and acknowledged formerly Russia-designated artists as Ukrainian. Barley...

‘Easter morning prayer” by Ukrainian painter Mykola Pymonenko

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Read about Mykola Pymonenko and his prominent works >
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...

Two Ukrainians Launched World’s First Satellite into Space Oct. 04, 1957. Both Were Denied...

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A Soviet newspaper of early October, 1957: "On 4 October 1957 at 10:28 p.m. Moscow time a violent flash of light illuminated the night...

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’s First Trial Helicopter Assembled in Kyiv in 1909

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"As time went on, I became well acquainted with the various aeronautical engines, having spent much time in a few factories, and finally made...