Solomiya Krushelnytska, world-famous Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano of the first half of the 20th century
Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872 – 1952) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the...
Kazimir Malevich showed the tragedy of Holodomor, himself fell victim to Stalinism
“Malevich was the only artist who showed the tragic situation of the Ukrainian peasants during forced collectivization in the USSR” – wrote Jean-Claude Markade, French...
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti names his rivals in best manager debate: Spain’s Guardiola,...
"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...
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,...
In the 16th century, a Ruthenian/Ukrainian woman was taken captive and brought to Istanbul...
Born in Ruthenia (now Rohatyn, Ukraine) to a Ruthenian Orthodox priest, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during a slave raid and eventually taken via the Crimean slave trade to Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem where...
Steve Wozniak visits Kyiv. Says one of his 4 life long dreams coming true
"I always knew my last name was Ukrainian", - said the Apple co-founder on arriving to Ukraine's capital together with his wife. "This is one...
Leland Sklar, a living legend of the bass guitar, played on 2000 albums and...
"Having survived five decades on the road with James Taylor, Phil Collins, and just about everyone else on the planet, Lee Sklar is a...
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...
Gravitational Slingshot Trajectory adopted by Apollo-11 program to reach the Moon is named after...
New Mexico Museum of Space History: "Yuri Vasilievich Kondratyuk (1897-1942). Born as Aleksandr Shargei, he took a new name to avoid persecution during the...
Ukrainian Yevdokia Zavaliy, the only Soviet female commander of a Marines platoon during WW2:...
Born in 1924, Yevdokia Zavaliy was raised in a small village in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, where she worked on a farm. She was brutally exposed...
