100 Notable alumni of
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is 103rd in the world, 37th in Europe, and 1st in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Wladimir Klitschko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- In 2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in sports science
- Occupations
- athleteboxer
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Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held multiple heavyweight world championships between 2000 and 2015, including unified titles between 2008 and 2015. During this time he also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and Ring magazine titles.
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Vitali Klitschko
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- kickboxerpolitician
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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko, known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv. Until the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 he also served as head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1937-1945
- Occupations
- historianmilitary personnelsniper
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Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is credited with killing 309 enemy combatants, thus making her the deadliest female sniper and as one of the deadliest snipers in history. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol, during the early stages of the fighting on the Eastern Front.
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Viktor Medvedchuk
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- juristlawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk, also known as Viktor Vladimirovich Medvedchuk (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Медведчук), is a former Ukrainian lawyer, business oligarch, and politician who has lived in exile in Russia since September 2022 after being handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange. Medvedchuk is a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician and a personal friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Leonid Kravchuk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who was the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine achieving independence from the Soviet Union, the handover of its post-Soviet nuclear arsenal and an economic crisis that ultimately resulted in him losing re-election. Prior to his presidency, he was Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. After leaving office, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united).
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Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
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- writeruniversity teacheropinion journalistliterary historianpolitician
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Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is often considered the country's greatest modern historian, the foremost organiser of scholarship, the leader of the pre-revolution Ukrainian national movement, the head of the Central Rada (Ukraine's 1917–1918 revolutionary parliament), and a leading cultural figure in the Ukrainian SSR during the 1920s.
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Irina Kupchenko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1965-1966
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Irina Petrovna Kupchenko is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She rose to prominence after acting in Andrei Konchalovsky's 1969 movie adaptation of A Nest of Gentry. She has performed in more than forty films since 1969.
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Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
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- university teacherEastern Orthodox priestsurgeon
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Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky – now known as Luke of Simferopol, Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, or Saint Luke of Crimea – was a Russian surgeon, spiritual writer, a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, and archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea from May 1946 until his death. He was a laureate of the Stalin Prize in medicine in 1946.
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Volodymyr Vynnychenko
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- screenwriterpoliticianwriterscience fiction writerplaywright
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Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko was a Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright and artist who served as the first prime minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Prior to his entry onto the stage of Ukrainian politics, he was a long-time political activist, who lived abroad in Western Europe from 1906 to 1914 escaping persecution by Russian authorities.
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Andrey Vyshinsky
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerdiplomatjurist
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Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat. He is best known as a state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953, after having served as Deputy Foreign Minister under Vyacheslav Molotov since 1940. He also headed the Institute of State and Law in the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
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Viacheslav Chornovil
- Occupations
- literary criticopinion journalistpoliticianjournalisthuman rights defender
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Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent a total of fifteen years imprisoned or exiled by the Soviet government for his human rights activism. A People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, Chornovil was among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. He twice ran for the presidency of Ukraine; the first time, in 1991, he was defeated by Leonid Kravchuk, while in 1999 he died in a car crash under disputed circumstances.
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Oles Buzina
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenteropinion journalistpresenterwriter
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Oles Oleksiiovych Buzina was a Ukrainian journalist and writer known for his criticism of Ukrainian politics, corruption and for supporting closer ties between Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1905-1906
- Occupations
- historianJewish communities scholarpoliticianwriter
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president.
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Kateryna Osadcha
- Occupations
- television journalistmodelfashion modeljournalistpresenter
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Kateryna Osadcha is a Ukrainian journalist, host of the programs "Social Life", "The Voice of Ukraine" (1–3, 6–8 seasons) and "The Voice Kids" on the TV channel "1+1".
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Irina Berezhna
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- legal scholarpoliticianentrepreneurjuristradio personality
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Irina Hryhorivna Berezhna Ukrainian: Ірина Григорівна Бережна, romanized: Iryna Hryhorivna Berezhna, Russian: Ирина Григорьевна Бережная, romanized: Irina Grigoriyevna Berezhnaya; 13 August 1980 – 5 August 2017) was a Ukrainian politician from the Party of Regions who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2007 to 2014.
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Nina Matviienko
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Nina Mytrofanivna Matviienko was a Ukrainian singer.
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Dmytro Korchynsky
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- poetopinion journalistpresenterpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Dmytro Oleksandrovych Korchynsky is a Ukrainian writer, poet, militant, and political activist who is the former leader of far-right Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People's Self-Defence (UNA-UNSO) organisation.
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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
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- diaristdiplomatplaywrightessayistpolitician
- Biography
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Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz, was a Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator. He is recognized for his literary achievements, beginning with poetry and prose written after World War I. After 1989, he was often presented as a political opportunist during his mature years lived in communist Poland, where he held high offices (participated in the slander of Polish expatriates, literary and other figures who after World War II remained in the West). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. In 1988, he was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for his role in sheltering Jews during World War II.
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Julia Sanina
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- actorsingercomposer
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Yuliia Oleksandrivna Bebko, professionally known as Julia Sanina (Ukrainian: Юлія Саніна, romanized: Yuliia Sanina [ˈjul⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ ˈsɑn⁽ʲ⁾inɐ]), is a Ukrainian singer and the frontwoman of the rock band The Hardkiss.
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Mykola Lysenko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1861-1864
- Occupations
- music educatorconductorcomposerclassical composerpianist
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Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the central figure of Ukrainian music, with an oeuvre that includes operas, art songs, choral works, orchestral and chamber pieces, and a wide variety of solo piano music. He is often credited with founding a national music tradition during the Ukrainian national revival, in the vein of contemporaries such as Grieg in Norway, The Five in Russia as well as Smetana and Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic.
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Ihor Smeshko
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- statespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Colonel General Ihor Petrovych Smeshko served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from 2003 to 2005, where he supported the opposition during the Orange Revolution. In 2010, he entered politics with the Strength and Honor party, which he formed with several former security and intelligence officials. He was chairman of the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine (from October 7, 2014, to March 12, 2015).
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Moisei Uritsky
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- politician
- Biography
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Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky, also known by his pen-name Boretsky (Russian: Борецкий), was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the head of the Petrograd Cheka from January 1918 until his death on 30 August 1918. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.
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Ostap Vyshnia
- Years
- 1889-1956 (aged 67)
- Occupations
- writershort story writer
- Biography
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Pavlo Mykhailovych Gubenko, better known by the literary pseudonym of Ostap Vyshnia, was a Ukrainian writer, humourist, satirist, and medical official (feldsher). Nicknamed by critics as the Ukrainian Mark Twain and the Ukrainian Printing King; His fame was said to have competed in early Soviet Ukraine with only Taras Shevchenko and Vladimir Lenin.
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Otto Schmidt
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1913
- Occupations
- traveleruniversity teachergeographerpsychoanalyststatesperson
- Biography
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Otto Yulyevich Shmidt, better known as Otto Schmidt, was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, and academician.
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Maryna Viazovska
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- In 2005 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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Maryna Sergiivna Viazovska is a Ukrainian mathematician known for her work in sphere packing. She is a full professor and Chair of Number Theory at the Institute of Mathematics of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. She was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022.
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Diana Panchenko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 2018
- Occupations
- television presenterbloggerjournalist
- Biography
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Diana Vitalievna Panchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter. In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, she has been working for pro-Russian media.
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Oksana Shachko
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- women's rights activistpainter
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Oksana Shachko was a Ukrainian artist and activist. Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which publicly demonstrates in various countries against sexual exploitation, income inequality, and policies of the Roman Catholic Church, among other causes.
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Maksym Rylsky
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- translator of Adam Mickiewiczpoliticianwritertranslatorpoet
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Maksym Tadeyovych Rylsky was a Soviet Ukrainian poet, translator, academician, and doctor of philological sciences.
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Mustafa Nayyem
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- publicistjournalistfilm actorpolitician
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Mustafa Masi Nayyem is an Afghan-Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Since January 2023 Nayyem had been the head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. He resigned (and was officially dismissed) in June 2024. Prior to this he was Deputy Minister of Infrastructure appointed in August 2021.
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Bolesław Leśmian
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- writerpoet lawyer
- Biography
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Bolesław Leśmian was a Polish poet, artist, and member of the Polish Academy of Literature, one of the first poets to introduce Symbolism and Expressionism to Polish verse.
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Uladzimir Karatkievich
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- translator of Adam Mickiewiczwriterprose writerplaywrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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Uladzimir Karatkievich was a Belarusian Soviet writer, publicist, poet, translator, dramatist, and screenwriter, recognized as a classic of Belarusian literature. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in 20th-century Belarusian literature and was the first Belarusian writer to explore the genre of historical mystery.
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Yevgeny Vodolazkin
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- literary criticman of letterswriterhistorianliterary scholar
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Eugene Germanovich Vodolazkin is a Russian-Ukrainian scholar and author. Born in Kiev in 1964, he graduated from the Philological Department of Kiev University in 1986. In the same year, he entered graduate school at the Pushkin House in the department of Old Russian literature under Dmitry Likhachov. In 1990, he defended his graduate thesis 'On the Translation of the "Chronicle of George Hamartolos"'.
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Vasily Shulgin
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- public figureopinion journalistpolitician
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Vasily Vitalyevich Shulgin, also known as Basil Shulgin, was a Russian conservative politician, monarchist and member of the White movement.
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Mykhailo Drahomanov
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- collector of fairy talesanthropologisthistorianprofessorliterary critic
- Biography
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Mykhailo Petrovych Drahomanov was a Ukrainian intellectual and public figure. As an academic, Drahomanov was an economist, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer, while as a public intellectual he was a political theorist with socialist leanings, perhaps best known as one of the first proponents of Ukrainian autonomism. For Drahomanov, ethnographic studies had a deep influence on his political ideas, and his politics in turn motivated study of particular areas of Ukrainian folk literature.
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Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1917-1921
- Occupations
- entomologistpopulation geneticistbiologistuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky was a Russian-born American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. He was a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the modern synthesis and also popular for his support and promotion of theistic evolution as a practicing Christian. Born in the Russian Empire, Dobzhansky immigrated to the United States in 1927 at the age of 27.
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Mykola Mikhnovsky
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- opinion journalistpoliticianlawyerhistorianjurist
- Biography
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Mykola Ivanovych Mikhnovskyi was a Ukrainian independence activist, lawyer and journalist who was one of the early leaders of the Ukrainian nationalist movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mikhnovsky was the author of the pamphlet Independent Ukraine, one of the organisers of the Ukrainian People's Army, and co-founder of the first political party in eastern Ukraine, the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party, as well as the co-founder and leader of various other parties, including the Ukrainian People's Party, the Ukrainian Democratic Party, and the Brotherhood for Self-Determination.
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Oksana Zabuzhko
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- literary criticessayistwriterphilosopherpoet
- Biography
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Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko is a Ukrainian novelist, poet, and essayist. Her works have been translated into several languages.
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Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1924-1930
- Occupations
- politicianinventorphysicist
- Biography
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Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov was a Russian physicist who played a crucial and centralizing role in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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Volodymyr Lytvyn
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- historianacademicpolitician
- Biography
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Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012. From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was an aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his office.
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Ivan Drach
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- translator of Adam Mickiewiczfilm screenwriterprose writerscreenwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Ivan Fedorovych Drach was a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician, and political activist.
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Maironis
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- translator of Adam Mickiewiczuniversity teachertheologianwriterman of letters
- Biography
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Maironis was the pen name of Jonas Mačiulis, a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and one of the most known and influential Lithuanian poets, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival (Tautinio atgimimo dainius). Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not.
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Mykhailo Starytskyi
- Occupations
- playwrightlibrettistpoetactordirector
- Biography
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Mykhailo Petrovych Starytsky was a Ukrainian writer, poet, and playwright, known as one of the founders of Ukrainian professional theatre.
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Volodymyr Antonovych
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- ethnologisthistorian
- Biography
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Volodymyr Bonifatiyovych Antonovych was a prominent Ukrainian historian, archivist and archaeologist, who was known as one of the most prominent figures of the Ukrainian national revival movement in the Russian Empire. Antonovych was a longtime Professor of Russian history at Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev and a correspondent-member of the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences. His main work was an edition of the eight-section Archives of South-Western Russia, as head of the Kyiv Archeographic Commission.
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Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
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Vladimir Pastukhov
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- political scientistlawyeropinion journalist
- Biography
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Vladimir Borisovitch Pastukhov is a Russian political scientist, lawyer (advocate) and honorary professor of the University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He is an author of the so-called "constitution by concepts", which is a written code of unwritten rules that define the real substance of life in Russia.
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Olena Zerkal
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Olena Volodymyrivna Zerkal, widely known as Lana Zerkal, is a Ukrainian diplomat. Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration, appointed in office in 2014. She also served for 12 years at the Ministry of Justice (Ukraine) since 2001 as the Director of the Department of International Law (2001 – 2005), Director of the State Department on Approximation of Legislation (2005 – 2011) and as the Director of the Department on Liaison with State Authorities (2011 – 2013).
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Yevgeny Tarle
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- historianacademicuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Tarle was a Soviet historian, Marxist scholar, and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who studied and published on topics such as the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the Crimean War. Much of his work dealt with themes of Marxist historiography, imperialism, and Russian nationalism. Tarle spent much of his professional life disagreeing with state authorities over his scholarship and was also a history reader of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia's diplomatic university).
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Yelyzaveta Yasko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 2012
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Yelyzaveta Oleksiyivna Yasko, also known as Lisa Yasko, is a Ukrainian politician, cultural affairs expert and film producer.
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Anna Hutsol
- Occupations
- economisthuman rights defender
- Biography
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Anna Hutsol is a Ukrainian activist and one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group FEMEN.
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Yan Gamarnik
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- military personnelstatespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Yan Gamarnik, birth name Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Цу́дикович Гама́рник)), sometimes known as Yakov Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Гама́рник; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1894 – 31 May 1937), was the Chief of the Political Department of the Red Army from 1930 to 1937, Deputy Commissar of Defense 1930—1934 and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia 1928–1930.
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Andrii Malyshko
- Occupations
- literary critictranslator of Adam Mickiewiczjournalisttranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Andriy Samiylovych Malyshko was a Soviet Ukrainian poet and translator. Many of his poems were made into songs.
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Olena Shuliak
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Olena Oleksiivna Shuliak is a Ukrainian politician who has served as leader of Servant of the People from 2021 until 2025. Shuliak has also been a People's Deputy, after having elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019.
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Yuriy Bereza
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Dnipro Battalion.
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Mikhail Tereshchenko
- Occupations
- bankerentrepreneursugar refinerjuristdiplomat
- Biography
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Mikhail Ivanovich Tereshchenko was the foreign minister of Russia from 18 May 1917 to 7 November 1917 (N.S.). He was also a major Russian landowner, the proprietor of several sugar factories, and a financier.
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Nikolai Bogolyubov
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- non-fiction writertheoretical physicistphysicistuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Bogolyubov was a Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist known for his significant contributions to quantum field theory, classical and quantum statistical mechanics, and the theory of dynamical systems; he was the recipient of the 1992 Dirac Medal for his works and studies.
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Dmytro Tabačnyk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Dmytro Volodymyrovych Tabachnyk is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician who served as the minister of education and science of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. Tabachnyk is among former Ukrainian officials who have had their assets frozen by EU and is wanted in Ukraine for embezzlement and abuse of office. As a fugitive, he was believed to be in Israel and Crimea.
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Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1905
- Occupations
- playwrightpoetpolitician
- Biography
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Vincas Mickevičius, better known by his pen name Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist. He is also known as Vincas Krėvė, the shortened name he used in the United States.
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Alexandra Shevchenko
- Occupations
- women's rights activisthuman rights defender
- Biography
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Olexandra Shevchenko is a member of the Ukrainian radical feminist protest group FEMEN, which regularly demonstrates topless against manifestations of patriarchy, dictatorship, religion, and the sex industry.
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Serhiy Yefremov
- Years
- 1876-1939 (aged 63)
- Occupations
- historianliterary criticjournalistdiplomat
- Biography
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Serhiy Oleksandrovych Yefremov was a Ukrainian literary journalist, historian, critic, political activist, statesman, and academician. He was a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Science (1919) and Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv.
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Mark Aldanov
- Occupations
- writernovelistessayistbiographer
- Biography
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Mark Aldanov was a Russian and later French writer and critic, known for his historical novels.
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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovskyi is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 2010 to 2012 and as Minister of Finance and First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine briefly in 2012. According to Ukrainian and East European media Khoroshkovskyi is one of Ukraine's richest people.
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Yuriy Rybchynskyi
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterplaywrightlyricistpoet
- Biography
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Yuriy Yevhenovych Rybchynskyi is a Ukrainian poet, songwriter and playwright who is a recipient of both the title Hero of Ukraine and People's Artist of Ukraine. He was among the pioneers of contemporary Ukrainian pop music. Between 1998 and 2000, Rybchynskyi served as a cultural advisor to the President of Ukraine.
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Jan Tabachnyk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 2011
- Occupations
- television presenteraccordionisttelevision producercomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Jan Petrovych Tabachnyk (Ukrainian: Ян Петрович Табачник; 31 July 1945 – 11 September 2023) was a Soviet and Ukrainian variety composer, accordionist, politician and entrepreneur.
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Andriy Zahorodniuk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1998
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Andrii Pavlovych Zahorodniuk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. From 2015 to 2017, Zahorodniuk headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 to 4 March 2020.
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Grigory Gershuni
- Occupations
- revolutionarypolitician
- Biography
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Grigory Andreyevich Gershuni was a Russian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
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Sonya Koshkina
- Occupations
- writerjournalisttelevision presenterediting staff
- Biography
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Kseniia Mykytivna Vasylenko, better known by the pen name Sonya Koshkina (Ukrainian: Со́ня Ко́шкіна), is a Ukrainian journalist, who is also co-owner and editor-in-chief of the online publication, LB.ua.
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Borys Liatoshynsky
- Occupations
- composerconductormusic educatoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Borys Mykolaiovych Lyatoshynsky, also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky, was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher. A leading member of the new generation of 20th century Ukrainian composers, he was awarded a number of accolades, including the honorary title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR and two Stalin Prizes.
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Nikolay Bunge
- Occupations
- finance ministereconomistjuristuniversity teacherstatistician
- Biography
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Nikolai Karl Paul von Bunge, known in Russian as Nikolai Khristianovich Bunge, was a Russian economist, academic and statesman who served as the minister of finance of the Russian Empire from 1881 to 1886. He is known as the preeminent architect of Russian capitalism under the reign of Alexander III. He was thus an economic liberal.
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Oleksandra Matviichuk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- lawyerhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Oleksandra Viacheslavivna Matviichuk is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-profit organization Centre for Civil Liberties (Nobel Peace Prize receiver in 2022) and is a campaigner for democratic reforms in her country and the OSCE region. Since October 2022, she has been Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). Matviichuk is a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy, a project of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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Leon Petrażycki
- Occupations
- ethicistjuristuniversity teachersociologistjudge
- Biography
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Leon Petrażycki was a Russian and Polish philosopher, legal scholar, and sociologist, deputy of the first State Duma of Russian Empire. He is considered an important forerunner of the sociology of law and the founder of St. Petersburg School of Philosophy of Law.
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Vasyl Khmelnytsky
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- entrepreneurpolitician
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Vasyl Ivanovych Khmelnytsky is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on two occasions, first from 1998 to 2002 and then from 2006 to 2014. He is also the founder of holding company UFuture.
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Elmar Mammadyarov
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- diplomatpolitician
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Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov is an Azerbaijani diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan between 7 April 2004 and 16 July 2020.
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Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1915
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- politicianwriterdiplomatfolkloristtranslator
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Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, also spelled Chemenzeminli, born Yusif Mirbaba oghlu Vazirov (12 September 1887 – 3 January 1943) was an Azerbaijani statesman and writer known for his novels, short stories, essays, and diaries.
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Ivan Malkovych
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- writerchildren's writerpoetpublisher
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Ivan Antonovych Malkovych is a noted Ukrainian poet and publisher. He is the proprietor of the publishing house "A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA", which specializes in high quality (often illustrated) editions of Ukrainian literature and poetry, and has been a winner of many industry awards. Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize in 2016.
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Valeriy Shevchuk
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- archivistprose writershort story writerliterary historiantranslator
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Valeriy Oleksandrovych Shevchuk was a Ukrainian writer.
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Oscar Zariski
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1918-1920
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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Oscar Zariski was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
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Ilarion Ohienko
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- linguisthistorianjournalisttranslatorpolitician
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Metropolitan Ilarion was a Ukrainian Orthodox bishop, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jabłeczna; in 1940 he became Bishop of Chełm; in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chełm and Lublin (Lubelskie), and in 1951 Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He was also active in Ukrainian politics, both during the revolution and later in emigration. Throughout his long career, in addition to church work, Ohienko contributed to scholarship and other areas of Ukrainian culture.
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Andriy Livytskyi
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- diplomatpolitician
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Andriy Mykolaiovych Livytskyi was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, statesman, and lawyer.
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Volodymyr Muntyan
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- association football playerassociation football coach
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Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan was a Soviet and Ukrainian football midfielder of the 1960s and 1970s. Muntyan is considered to be one of the best and most talented players to represent Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union. He was also the only player apart from Oleg Blokhin (his teammate in the 1970s) who has won seven Soviet championships. His brother Viktor Muntyan is also a former professional football player.
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Antonina Kravchuk
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1958
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- university teachereconomist
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Antonina Mykhailivna Kravchuk is a Ukrainian former educator and publisher, who served as First Lady of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994 as the wife of President Leonid Kravchuk.
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Michael Rostovtzeff
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- art historianuniversity teacheropinion journalistarchaeologistlatinist
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Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff or Rostovtsev was a Russian historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 1935. He was also a member of the Russian Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
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Petro Tolochko
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- historianarchaeologistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Petro Petrovych Tolochko was a Soviet and Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and political activist. He was one of the leading specialists in history of the Kievan Rus (Old Rus) and one of leading researchers of the NASU Institute of Archaeology of Ukraine.
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Igor Newerly
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1923
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- authoreditorwriterprose writerscreenwriter
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Igor Newerly or Igor Abramow-Newerly was a Polish novelist and educator.
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Denys Maliuska
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- juristentrepreneurpolitician
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Denys Leontiyovych Maliuska is a Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician. From 29 August 2019 to 4 September 2024, he was Minister of Justice of Ukraine.
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Taras Berezovets
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- political scientistcampaign manageropinion journalistpoliticianjournalist
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Taras Valeriyovych Berezovets is a Ukrainian political analyst, founder of Free Сrimea project (2014), CEO of the Fund for National Strategies (2015), founder of Hybrid Warfare Resistance Bureau (2015), co-founder of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (2016), external advisor to the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (2016–present) and native of Kerch city.
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Danylo Zabolotny
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- biologistbotanistmicrobiologist
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Danylo Kyrylovych Zabolotny was a Ukrainian and Soviet epidemiologist and the founder of the world's first research department of epidemiology. In 1927, he published one of the first texts in his field, Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
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Olexander Lytvynenko
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- political scientist
- Biography
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Oleksandr Valeriiovych Lytvynenko is a Ukrainian politician, who has served as the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2024 to 2025. Headquarters Coordinator of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
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Iryna Zhylenko
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- children's writerpoetjournalist
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Irina Volodymyrivna Zhylenko (28 April 1941 – 3 August 2013), a Ukrainian poet, was the a wife of Volodymyr Drozd. She was born in Kyiv and died in August 2013 at the age of 72.
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Nikolay Benardos
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- inventorengineer
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos was a Russian inventor of Greek descent who in 1881 introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method.
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Mykola Rudenko
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- writerscience fiction writerpoethuman rights defender
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Mykola Danylovych Rudenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissident, human rights activist and World War II veteran. He was the founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, and was twice arrested for his dissident activities.
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Mykola Malomuzh
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Mykola Hryhorovych Malomuzh is a Ukrainian politician. Malomuzh served as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (2005–2010), General of the army of Ukraine (2008-2010) and was Adviser to the President of Ukraine (2010–2014).
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Viktoria Siumar
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- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Viktoria Petrivna Siumar is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.
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Samir Sharifov
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- statespersoneconomist
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Samir Rauf oghlu Sharifov is an Azerbaijani politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan (since 2025), former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2006-2025).
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Boris Delaunay
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1908-1916
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- university teachermountaineermathematician
- Biography
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Boris Nikolayevich Delaunay or Delone was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, mountain climber, and the father of physicist, Nikolai Borisovich Delone. He is best known for the Delaunay triangulation.
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Eugen Slutsky
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1905-1911
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- economistmathematicianstatistician
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Evgeny "Eugen" Evgenievich Slutsky was a Russian and Soviet mathematical statistician, economist and political economist. He is primarily known for the Slutsky equation and the Slutsky–Yule effect.
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Klyment Kvitka
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- musicologistethnographer
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Klyment Vasilyovich Kvitka was a Ukrainian and Soviet musicologist and ethnographer, and the husband of poet Lesya Ukrainka.
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Aleksandar Malinov
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- lawyerjudgepoliticianprosecutor
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Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov was a leading Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister on three occasions. He was born in Pandakli, Bessarabia (present-day Orikhivka, Ukraine) in a family of Bessarabian Bulgarians.
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Viktor Petrov
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1918
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- historianliterary criticliterary historiansocial anthropologistphilosopher
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Viktor Platonovych Petrov was a prominent Ukrainian existentialist writer. Together with Valerian Pidmohylny, Petrov is considered to be the founder of the Ukrainian intellectual novel. Although Petrov is remembered as a writer today, during his life he was a scientist in the first place. He wrote papers on archaeology, anthropology, history, philosophy and literature. Despite having been implicated in co-operation with Soviet secret police later in his life, Petrov is simultaneously known as author of some of the most acute critical texts revealing the nature of the Soviet regime.
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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
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- lawyerwriterliterary historiantranslatorpoet
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Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky was a Russian and Soviet writer, playwright, philosopher, and historian, who described himself as "known for being unknown". He published only a few stories and essays in his lifetime; the majority of his writings were published posthumously.
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Vjačeslav Kyrylenko
- Enrolled in the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vyacheslav Anatoliiovych Kyrylenko is a Ukrainian politician; former Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Vice Prime Minister, former party leader of Our Ukraine and former leader of the party For Ukraine!. Since September 2014 he is one of the leaders of the party People's Front.
