Ukrainian who created the best jet engines in the world: Arkhyp Lyulka was born...

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In 1926, a young man from the Kyiv region entered Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The man's first name was Arkhyp, and his last name was...

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...

Serge Lifar, world ballet great, recollects his native Kyiv of 1905-1921

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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,...

Ukrainian High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Women’s European Athlete of the Year

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"Yaroslava Mahuchikh continues to raise the bar in every sense. She won gold in Roma 2024 in June, then broke the 37-year-old world record...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti names his rivals in best manager debate: Spain’s Guardiola,...

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"Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed which managers are his competitors for being the best coach in the last 30 years. Real Madrid manager...

Igor Sikorsky decided to build World’s First Four-Engine Airplane while still living in his...

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"The general idea of a large flying ship with several motors, and comfortable closed cabins, had been an ideal for a long time, but none had been designed. It...

The founder of Geosynchronous Communications Satellite industry Joseph V. Charyk was born in Canada to a...

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Joseph Vincent Charyk (September 9, 1920 – September 28, 2016) was widely credited as the founder of the geosynchronous communications satellite industry. He was born...

Gogol, Ukrainian ‘Kafka’ whose novel became timeless verdict for Russia: The Dead Souls

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"The question of Nikolai Gogol’s “belonging”—especially now, as Ukrainian and Russian cultures, long bound by an imperial past, are severing their ties before our...

Milla ‘The Fifth Element’ Jovovich was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 17, 1975

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The actress calls herself "a humble Ukrainian girl".Milla's words on her Facebook January 30, 2014, during Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, meant a lot to...