Ukrainian Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force credited for initiation of GPS
But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his...
Andriy Yarmolenko brings victory for WestHam United over Sevilla
"On 112 minutes, Andriy Yarmolenko found the game's decisive moment, netting from close range after Bono could only parry Pablo Fornals'...
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 will be known all over Europe and...
Enterpreneur: Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion Dr. Wladimir Klitschko On Achieving (And Maintaining) Peak...
According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his...
5 Most Famous Ukrainian Americans
Ihor Sykorski - the father of helicopter engineering. Assembled his first two trial helicopters while still living in his native Kiev....
Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01, 1945
" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at...
Chernobyl electrician Oleksander Lelechenko saved his younger colleagues from radiation exposure by walking through...
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"Ordering younger workers to stand down, 47-year-old electrician Aleksandr Lelechenko repeatedly ventured into the irradiated electrolysis room in an...
Bill Mosienko scored fastest hat trick in NHL history 23 March, 1952
The melodrama that soon would unfold defied credulity; and it was all because of a minuscule right wing named Bill...
Ukrainian woman at work. As seen by John Steinbeck and Robert Capa in 1947
"We went first to the fields where the women and the children were harvesting cucumbers. They were divided into battalions and...
First ever X-ray in the US was performed on the invention of Ukrainian scientist...
“On January 19, 1896, young Eddie McCarthy of Hanover fell while skating on the Connecticut River and fractured his left wrist”....
