Ukrainian Sergei Korolev the day he was returned to Moscow prison after one year...

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The man who would open space to humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 (30 Dec 1906 old...

Ukrainian Novikov, 24, World’s Strongest, Sets New World Record in Deadlift

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November 17, 2020 during the World's Strongest Man Finals, Oleksii Novikov set a New World Record - 537.5kg (1185lb) 18-Inch...

Jack Palance, Oscar-winning Ukrainian cowboy

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Jack Palance born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent. He was nominated for three Academy...

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...

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...

De-Russification of Ukrainian art, – DW

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New York museum has renamed an Edgar Degas painting to recognize its Ukrainian, not Russian, theme, and acknowledged formerly Russia-designated artists...

‘Flying Cossacks’ US Aviation Subdivision during the Vietnam War

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"DALLAS — Twenty-five years after being formed in Texas, the Flying Cossacks of 1964-1965 held their first reunion. The surviving pilots...

Ukraine – the Motherland of Commercial Beekeeping

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Spring is in the air. Bees are in the air too - in a month the beekepers will have the first...

Ivan Piddubny, Ukrainian World-Famous Wrestler Whose Legacy Russia Tried to Appropriate

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Two years ago, in 2021, Google devoted a Doodle to the 150th anniversary of the world-famous wrestler Ivan Piddubny. The text...

Kids Diana Show: Pocket.watch Plans to Turn 6-Year-Old Ukrainian YouTuber Into Global Enterprise

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Diana, the bubbly and charismatic young star of YouTube’s Kids Diana Show, already has a massive following of 123 million subscribers across...

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