Ukrainian Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught painter-virtuoso praised by Pablo Picasso
In Dec. 2020, Doodle celebrated the 120th birthday of a Ukrainian painter with the following words: "Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught virtuoso earned international renown for...
World’s first Anti-Reflection Lens Coating invented by Ukrainian A. Smakula in 1935 became German...
Without the invention of anti-reflection lens coatings, modern lenses couldn’t exist. With nothing added to the surface of a glass lens, about 4% of...
Gogol, Ukrainian ‘Kafka’ whose novel became timeless verdict for Russia: The Dead Souls
"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...
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 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 boss, Air Force...
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,...
First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two major contributors to...
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...
‘Harbingers of the Resurrection’ by Nikolai Ge
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Bill Mosienko scored fastest hat trick in NHL history 23 March, 1952
Bill Mosienko (1921-1994) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black...
