Ukrainian woman at work. As seen by John Steinbeck and Robert Capa in 1946

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"We went first to the fields where the women and the children were harvesting cucumbers. They were divided into battalions and...

Ukrainian who played the most crucial role in creating the first US atomic bomb:...

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Atomic Heritage Foundation has the following entry: "George Kistiakowsky (1900-1982) was a Ukrainian-American physical chemist.He joined the Manhattan Project in late...

Vitaly Klitschko inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame

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"Klitschko was elected to the Hall of Fame in December, three years after he decided to re-enter politics in his...

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...

Ivan Puluj and long hair of one of his female students

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One of Puluj's students, Katherine Stozitska, after asking permission from her parents, cut her very long hair that was almost touching...

Taiho, arguably the greatest Sumo wresler of all time, was of Ukrainian descent and...

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According to Wikipedia, Taihō Kōki - (Іва́н Бори́шко, Ivan Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler....
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...

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 Myron Diduryk, “the finest battlefield company commander I had ever seen” – the...

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

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