Ukrainian Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a Ukrainian international football player who played 4 matches for the Ukraine national football

Was a Ukrainian international football player who played 4 matches for the Ukraine national football team. His only goal happened to be the first goal of the Ukraine. In 2002 he played for Ukrainian futsal club Signal Odessa.

Is a Ukrainian architect who worked in the Late Cossack Baroque style. He was a graduate of the Kyiv

Is a Ukrainian architect who worked in the Late Cossack Baroque style. He was a graduate of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and designed many buildings and churches in Kiev and elsewhere.

Was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, economist, and political activ

Was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, economist, and political activist. He was a political radical, and a founder of the socialist movement in western Ukraine. In addition to his own literary work, he also translated the w

Was a Moldovan SSR politician.Ivan Bodiul was the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (

Was a Moldovan SSR politician.Ivan Bodiul was the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (28 May 1961 - 30 December 1980). Bodiul was one of the most authoritarian rulers of Soviet Moldavia. During first part of his rule he pointed on the fight with nationalism, sabotage and Zionism. A number of dissidents were imprisoned, including members of the Communist Party, while others were punished. His main supporters were the 2nd secretaries of the Communist Party (Yuri Melkov (until 1973), Nikolay Merenishchev (1973-1981), who came from Russia and the KGB, whose chairmen were Ivan Savchenko (until 1966), Piotr Chvertko (1966-1974) and Arkady Ragozin (1974-1979). Bodiul continued the fight for atheism, during which many of the churches were closed or destroyed. In the second part of his rule (since 1976) the antinational policy was less accentuated. Yet, a relative increase in economical development of the Moldavian SSR was obtained. Bodiul is known also as one of the most loyal followers of Leonid Brezhnev.

Was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player, coach and director. Mozer made his debut for USSR on Jul

Was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player, coach and director. Mozer made his debut for USSR on July 1, 1956 in a friendly against Denmark.

Is a former Ukrainian footballer. He earned 18 caps for the USSR national football team and played i

Is a former Ukrainian footballer. He earned 18 caps for the USSR national football team and played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups.

Was a Ukrainian lawyer, who achieved most fame by being a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki

Was a Ukrainian lawyer, who achieved most fame by being a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Ivan Kandyba was born into a Ukrainian peasant family in Poland. In 1945, his family was resettled in Ukraine. Kandyba attended law school in Lviv, graduating in 1953. Between 1953 and 1961, he served in the town of Hlynyany, Lviv oblast, as notary, lawyer, and judge

Is a former Soviet–Ukrainian football striker. He has a brother Adalbert together with whom he use

Is a former Soviet–Ukrainian football striker. He has a brother Adalbert together with whom he used to play for FC Kremin Kremenchuk.

Is a professional Ukrainian football defender who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club

Is a professional Ukrainian football defender who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Kharkiv. He moved to Kharkiv in the 2008 summer transfer season from FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.

Is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for llychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Prem

Is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for llychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Was a Ukrainian painter. Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1834–8, the

Was a Ukrainian painter. Soshenko studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1834–8, then taught painting in gymnasiums in Nizhyn from 1839–46, Nemyriv from 1846–56, and Kyiv. His work included portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, and icons.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Was a Ukrainian and Soviet wrestler. He began his sports career around 1900 and his career lasted fo

Was a Ukrainian and Soviet wrestler. He began his sports career around 1900 and his career lasted for about forty years. Poddubny was born in the village of Krasenivka, Russian Empire (now in Chornobaivskyi Raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine). As a young m

Was a Belarusian writer.He wrote prose fiction and drama. People's Writer of Belarus, 1972, numerous

Was a Belarusian writer.He wrote prose fiction and drama. People's Writer of Belarus, 1972, numerous prizes, e.g. Lenin prize for novels People of the Marsh («????? ?? ??????») and The Storm's Breath («????? ??????????»).The central place in Melezh's work is made up by novels of the trilogy Polesye Chronicle («???????? ???????»): People of the Marsh, The Storm's Breath and Snowstorm in December («?????, ???????»). These novels portray the life in writer's native place in 1920s and 1930s: the establishment of socialism, forced collectivization, 'de-kulakization'. Melezh depicted truthfully the historical coloring of this era.

Was a Ukrainian actor, producer, and screen writer. He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in

Was a Ukrainian actor, producer, and screen writer. He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (???? ??????? ???????) (1964), based on Mykhaylo Kotsyubynsky's book of the same name. He received the Komsomol prize of Ukr

Is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League. During the

Is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League. During the 2007–08 season, Kotenko was on loan at Naftovyk and in the 2008–09 season is on loan at FC Lviv from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Was a Ukrainian writer, poet and a playwright widely regarded to be the pioneer of the modern Ukrain

Was a Ukrainian writer, poet and a playwright widely regarded to be the pioneer of the modern Ukrainian literature. His epic-style poem Eneïda (Ukrainian: ??????, 1798), a parody of Virgil's Aeneid, is considered to be the first literary work published wh

Was a Ukrainian-born physicist, inventor and patriot who has been championed as an early developer o

Was a Ukrainian-born physicist, inventor and patriot who has been championed as an early developer of the use of X-rays for medical imaging. His contributions were largely neglected until the end of the 20th century. Ivan Pulyui graduated with honors from

Was a Ukrainian lyric tenor, one of the greatest stars of Soviet Opera, as well a producer and direc

Was a Ukrainian lyric tenor, one of the greatest stars of Soviet Opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. van Kozlovsky was born in the village of Marianivka near Bila Tserkva in pre

Is a professional tennis player.

Is a professional tennis player.

A Soviet Belarusian writer, he was perhaps one of the most prolific writers of the Soviet BSSR, writ

A Soviet Belarusian writer, he was perhaps one of the most prolific writers of the Soviet BSSR, writing in a socialist realist style and praising Soviet rule.

Is a Ukrainian football midfielder currently playing for PFC Sevastopol.

Is a Ukrainian football midfielder currently playing for PFC Sevastopol.

Was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Born int

Was a Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Born into a noble Cossack family in Uman, Ukraine in 1646, Skoropadsky was educated in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 1675 he joined Cossack military service under Hetman

Is a contemporary Ukrainian painter. He was recently listed among the 100 living geniuses. Marchuk i

Is a contemporary Ukrainian painter. He was recently listed among the 100 living geniuses. Marchuk invented a unique way of painting his pictures, which he calls "dabbing-on", thus creating an unusual effect of luminescence of his works. Ivan Marchuk was

Was a painter, writer, and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Yizhakevych was born in the village

Was a painter, writer, and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. Yizhakevych was born in the village of Vyshnopoli, Cherkasy Oblast. He was educated in the M. Murashko School of Art in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine from 1882 to 1884. After this, Yizhakevych attend