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1863–1945
Author of the noosphere theory
Encyclopaedic scientist, one of the founders of geochemistry and biogeochemistry, and first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. His ideas of the biosphere and noosphere influenced modern ecological thinking.
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1889–1972
Pioneer of aviation and helicopters
Kyiv-born aircraft designer who built the world’s first multi-engine heavy aircraft and the first mass-produced helicopter. Having lost everything after the revolution, he started over in the United States and changed world aviation.
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1907–1966
Chief Designer of the space age
Zhytomyr-born rocket and spacecraft designer. Under his leadership the first Earth satellite and the first human were launched into space - even though the Soviet regime had sent him to a labor camp in Kolyma.
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1913–2002
Pioneering heart surgeon
Heart surgeon, scientist and writer, one of the pioneers of cardiac surgery. He founded an institute in Kyiv where thousands of lives were saved, and developed his own system for staying healthy.
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1918–2020
Electric welding scientist
A scientist in electric welding and metallurgy who headed the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 58 years, from 1962 to 2020. Under his leadership electroslag welding was created, and in 1969 the world’s first welding experiments were carried out in space.
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1926–2016
Economist, Club of Rome member
An economist and public figure who was born in the Ternopil region and lived and worked in Canada and Switzerland. For 18 years he headed the International Management Institute in Geneva, and after 1991 he helped build independent Ukraine.
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