Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction. His fifth airplane, the S-5, won him national recognition and F.A.I. pilot's license number 64. His S-6-A received the highest award at the 1912 Moscow Aviation Exhibition, and in the fall of that year the aircraft won first prize for its young designer, builder and pilot in the military competition at Saint Petersburg. In 1913, the Sikorsky-designed Russky Viyaz (S-21) became the first successful four-engine aircraft to take flight. He also designed and built the Ilya Muromets family of four-engine aircraft, an airliner which he redesigned to be the world's first four-engine bomber when World War I broke out.
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is a public technological university in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Emilio Sala, also known as Elio Salya was an Italian-born sculptor and painter who spent most of his working life in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Solomianskyi District is a district in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Located in the western part of the city, in the basin of Lybid river, Dniepr's tributary. Named after village of Solomianka that became part of Kyiv in 1858. Established as a district in 1921. Reogarnized in 2001. An area of the district was settled since the Middle Ages. The so-called mount of Batu Khan who invaded Kyiv in 1240 is located within the district.
Vsevolod Oleksandrovych Holubovych was the prime minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic from January to March 1918.
Vladimir Pravdich-Neminsky was a Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet physiologist who published the first EEG and the evoked potential of the mammalian brain. He was a representative of Kyiv Physiological School. He was a victim of Soviet repressions.
Shevchenko National Prize is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since 1961. It is named after the inspirer of Ukrainian national revival Taras Shevchenko. It is one of the five state prizes of Ukraine that are awarded for achievements in various fields.
Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko was a Soviet Ukrainian politician. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR for more than 15 years, making him the longest-serving person in that position. Liashko was also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1989. In 1985, he was honored with the Hero of Socialist Labour award.
Volodymyr Stefanovych Biletskyy is a Ukrainian mining engineer, D.Sc. scientist, and researcher in the field of coal mining, publisher and political scientist. He has published many technical articles on the subject of mining, and was the initiator and editor of the first Ukrainian Mining Encyclopedia.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Kyiv is the diplomatic mission of the United States to Ukraine.
Volodymyr Musiiovych Chekhivskyi was a Ukrainian activist and politician who served as Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic from December 1918 to February 1919. Previously, he was a member of the Russian State Duma and Russian Constituent Assembly. Chekhivskyi was also among the founders of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and the brother of conductor and singer Oleksa Chupryna-Chekhivskyi.
Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybak was a Ukrainian politician, member of the Horlivka city council, kidnapped and then murdered by the pro-Russian militia on 17 April 2014. It was one of the first war crimes alleged to have been committed by pro-Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Volodymyr Mefodiyоvych Pylypchuk is a Ukrainian politician, public figure, and savant. The parliamentarian of The Verkhovna Rada. Companion of the second- and third-class Order "For Merit". Member of the National Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine, professor.
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD) (Ukrainian: Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine. Areas of knowledge taught at KNUTD: Education/Pedagogy, Culture and art, Humanities, Social and behavioral sciences, Management and administration, Legal Sciences, Natural Sciences, Information Technology, Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Automation and instrumentation, Chemical and bioengineering, Production and Technology, Healthcare, Service sector, Public administration and administration.
Héctor J. Altuve Ferrer is a Dean at the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Monterrey, Mexico. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for contributions to power line and transformer protection.
Arkadiy Ismailovich Sukhorukov is an expert on economic security issues, a Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Economist of Ukraine, Member of the Academy of Construction of Ukraine, and the Knight of the Order "For Merits" III degree.
Anatoly Lavrentyevich Vysotsky was a Soviet and Ukrainian artist working in the style of social realism.
Yu Zhigang is a Chinese academic administrator serving as the president of the Ocean University of China. Zhigang assumed office on July 14, 2014 upon the retirement of Wu Dexing.
Mykhailo Kuzmych Rodionov was a Ukrainian politician. A member of the Communist Party of Ukraine, he served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2002 to 2006.
Valentina Ivanivna Gorbachuk is a Soviet and Ukrainian mathematician, specializing in operator theory and partial differential equations.
