Injustice towards Sergei Korolev after Gagarin’s first man into space flight

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Academician Boris Chertok in his three-volume memoirs Rockets and People translated into English and published by NASA's History Division, recollected: "It grieved us when we...

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...

Alex Trebek was born July 22, 1940. His original family last name was Terebeychuk....

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Alex Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940, the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as...

Young Boxer Usyk with his First Coach and Vladimir Klitschko

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Do you recognize the future Super Heavyweight World Champ? His achievments as of December 22, 2024 below: Usyk famous Ukrainian haircut from previous fights >

‘Easter morning prayer” by Ukrainian painter Mykola Pymonenko

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Read about Mykola Pymonenko and his prominent works >

Ukrainian who discovered X-rays but didn’t receive credit for it: Ivan Puluj

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As Noble Prize's official webpage describes it: "On the evening of 8 November 1895, Röntgen was in his laboratory studying how cathode-ray tubes emit...

Natalie Wood, ‘West Side Story’ film star, in her Ukrainian national dress

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'Natalia Zakharenko' is the real name of this Hollywood star actress ("West Side Story" film won 11 Academy Award nominations). Her grandparents had to leave...

The World’s First Kidney Transplant by Ukrainian Dr. Yurii Voronyi in 1933

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Yurii Voronyi (1895-1961) was the first doctor in the world to perform renal transplantation in the clinic. The operation was conducted in 1933 in...

Hryhorii Skovoroda: How Russia Tried to Appropriate ‘Ukrainian Socrates’

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Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 – 1794) was a philosopher of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He was a poet, a teacher, and a composer of liturgical music. His significant influence on his contemporaries and succeeding generations...