The man who would open space to Humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 [Old Style 30 December 1906]  in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. His mother Maria Mykolayivna Moskalenko was a Ukrainian from Nizhyn. His father Pavel Korolev had originally come to Zhytomyr from Mogilev (Belarus) to be a teacher of the Russian language. When … Continue reading Ukrainian who opened Space to Humankind: Sergei Korolev was born Jan. 12, 1907