Serge Lifar, also known as Serge Lifar, was an outstanding Ukrainian and French ballet master, dancer and choreographer who made a significant contribution to the development of classical and contemporary ballet in the 20th century. He was born in Kyiv in 1905 into a family that valued culture and art, which had a significant influence on the formation of his ...

Boris Yevgenyevich Paton was an outstanding Ukrainian scientist, engineer and head of scientific institutions who made a fundamental contribution to the development of welding technologies and metallurgical science. He was born in 1918 into the family of renowned engineer Yevgeny Paton, which determined his early interest in technology and natural sciences. After receiving a quality education and gaining his first ...

Vladimir Klitschko is a famous boxer who has achieved significant success alongside his brother Vitali Klitschko. He is considered one of Ukraine’s best athletes. Godson of the coach’s wife Wladimir Klitschko, the legendary Ukrainian boxer, was born on 25 March 1976 in Semipalatinsk. He grew up in a sporting family: his father was a boxing champion and his mother taught ...

Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) was a Ukrainian avant-garde artist of Polish origin, art theorist, and one of the founders of Suprematism, a new direction in abstract painting. Biography He was born on 23 February 1879 in Kyiv into a large family that combined Polish and Ukrainian cultural traditions. He spent his childhood in Podillia, later moving to the Kharkiv and Chernihiv ...

There has always been room for wonder in Kyiv. Circus art appeared here long ago, back in 1797, when artistic groups began to travel around the city. They built temporary open-air arenas and staged performances that instantly became a popular leisure activity for Kyiv residents. People craved excitement, laughter, and wonder — and the circus gave them all of that, ...

Andriy Parubiy was a well-known public and political figure. It was thanks to him that significant democratic processes took place in independent Ukraine. Biography of Andriy Parubiy Andriy Parubiy was born on 31 January 1971 in Sheptytskyi (formerly Chervonohrad) in the Lviv region of Ukraine. His grandfather was a machine gunner in the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian State and ...