‘Easter morning prayer” by M. Pimonenko

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Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo Kyiv head coach

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"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League...

Vasily Ignatenko, one of the Chernobyl firefighters to die in May, 1986

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Ignatenko was among the firefighters that got closest to the exposed reactor core as they attempted to extinguish fires on the...

Kistiakowsky & Gordian Knot of Los Alamos’ Ski Slope

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Working against the clock to build weapons that might end a long and bloody war strained life at Los Alamos but...

Bill Mosienko scored fastest hat trick in NHL history 23 March, 1952

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Bill Mosienko (1921-1994) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for...

Ukrainian Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force credited for initiation of GPS: Michael...

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But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his...

Alex Trebek’s original family last name was Terebeychuk. It’s Ukrainian

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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...

Georgy Voronoi: founder of the geometric theory of numbers, creator of “Voronoi Diagram”

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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...
Painting “Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Ukrainian Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa and Lord Byron’s poem devoted to him

Near the end of the 17th century, Ukrainian Cossacks had a Hetman whose name would be known all over Europe and...

Natalie Wood 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...

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