Famous People From Ukraine

Ukraine is the sixth-largest country in Eastern Europe with Kyiv as its capital. Its official language is Ukrainian, which is an Indo-European language. Ukraine is a social and democratic republic nation. Ukrainian select local and state governments. A constitutional amendment is done through a referendum among citizens. President in this small country is elected for five years by direct vote. Luba Goy and Milla Jovovich are the names of known Ukrainian that comes to the mind straight away. Luba Goy is a standout comedian and one of the stars of the Royal Canadian air force.

  • Lyudmila Pavlichenko Story

    Profile Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a celebrated Ukranian Soviet sniper in the World War II. She is the most famous of the snipers and is credited with 300+ confirmed kills. She is often known as the most successful female military sniper of all time. Early...
  • Rinat Akhmetov Story - Owner Of System Capital Management Group

    Rinat Akhmetov was born on the 21st of September 1966 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Rinat is a brilliant businessman, an oligarch and a self-made billionaire. According to Forbes, Rinat is the 201st richest billionaire in the world and the rich...
  • Milla Jovovich Success Story

    Synopsis Milla Jovovich is an US actress, model, singer and a fashion designer. ...

  • Svetlana Alexievich Success Story

    Profile Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievic is a Belarusian prose writer and an investigative journalist and prose write. She did her country, Belarus proud, when she received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic style of...
  • Mikhail Fridman Success Story

    Synopsis Being one of the richest men in one of the most difficult business environments is not an easy achievement. Mikhail Fridman is one of those men who has braved the odds to stand out as one of the richest men in all of Russia.Fridman started as a theatre tic...
  • Len Blavatnik Success Story

    Childhood To come out of Soviet Russia and become one of the richest men in the world is no easy task, but for some one as focussed as Len Blavatnik, it’s as good as fulfilling a lifelong dream. He defied the odds and ...

Though the country is small but there are many people who are borne on this land and made huge contribution in different sectors at global level. There are people in the areas of Music, Arts, Medical, Technology and Literature who are known for their work. Milla Jovovich is an actress and a famous fashion designer. She has appeared in numerous action and science fiction films of Hollywood. She has won several awards for her role in films of Resident Evil series.

Approximately 40% of Ukrainians treat themselves as antitheist .There are many religions .Three Ukrainians orthodoxdominations in the country in the form of religion are Kyiv Patriarchate, Moscow Patriarchate and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox. Other people fall into Jews, Protestants and Muslims. Many people are superstitious also.

Under the economic crisis people of Ukraine bound to produce products in the home garden and dachas. People are used to bartering of these products with consumer goods in the market. In the late 90s because of economic reforms, people made food industry as their one of main occupations. People’s other major source of occupation are aircraft plants industry, ship building along with heavy metal industry and building materials.

Ukrainians give more stress to folk healing rather than modern medical science because of their distrust on standard medicines. There are specialized hospitals and research institutions, but folk healing is not ignored. Folk healers include knowledge of natural resources, ancient lore and rituals, prayers, charms for healing the patient.