Outstanding Ukrainians

He was a great sorcerer. There are many legends about his heroic deeds. He was one of the greatest political figures of the Cossacks time and the only person, who was elected for 22 times the Sich leader.

He was the first Hetman and the Head of the State. He was the Supreme commander of the Cossack Army, the top legislator and the supreme judge. He was the founder of the Hetman State.

He was the closest helper of Hetman Mazepa. He was the chief author of the first constitutional document in the history of Ukraine: the Constitution of Bendery of 1710.

His personality attracted the attention of politicians and researchers of the World History still at his life time. He was a gifted military man and talanted administrator.

His reign is usually cinsidered the highest point of Kyivan Rus. He was a highly educated person and brought the language of books to the hearts of people.

He made the Ukrainian cinema known in the world. At the World exhibition in 1958 his film "Land" was estimated as one of the best films of all times and peoples.

He was the Ukrainian philosopher, moralist, scientist, poet and artist. His pedagogical ideas deserved universal recognition. His poetic style, ideas and moral example have played an important role in the rebirth of Ukrainian culture in the 20th century.

He was an outstanding creator of the practical space engineering. The world usually connects the development of rocket and space engineering with his name.

He was the first Ukrainian Academician and the first President of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. His ideas contributed to geology, mineralogy and hydrogeology.

An outstanding artist and the bard of the sea but the ukrainian nature has a special place among his creations.