Famous Ukrainians

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...

Vorony, Heorhii b 28 April 1868 in Zhuravka, Pyriatyn county, Poltava gubernia, d 20 November 1908 in Warsaw. Mathematician; corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences from...

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...

"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...

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

Nicholas Oresko (January 18, 1917 – October 4, 2013) was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Germany on January...

“Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion had good, solid, professional noncoms, and its troops had served together for a long time. It was a good rifle...

'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...

Mykola Pymonenko was a Ukrainian realist painter who lived and worked in Kyiv. Pymonenko is best known for his urban and rural genre scenes of...

Ihor Sykorski - the father of helicopter engineering. Assembled his first two trial helicopters while still living in his native Kiev. He also engineered...