People from Ukraine

18 people remembered here.

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  Viktor Anuškevičius

  1962 – 2026 · Politician

  Two-term mayor who opened Ivano-Frankivsk to the world and set its history in bronze.

  34 candles · 9 tributes
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  Mykhailo Didyshyn

  † 2026 · Local historian

  Kosmach's keeper of the Dovbush legend, who built a museum out of memory.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Yevhen Shaho

  1941 – 2026 · Politician and engineer

  An engineer from Dniprodzerzhynsk who served his country in government and in two parliaments.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Daria Alyoshkina

  1982 – 2026 · Paper-cut artist and sculptor

  Ukrainian artist who turned the folk craft of paper cutting into monumental lace seen around the world.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Roman Maksymyuk

  1974 – 2025 · Footballer (midfielder)

  Cup-final scorer, Ukraine international and volunteer soldier who went to the front at the call of his heart.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Oleksandr "Venya" Venedchuk

  1994 – 2026 · Comedian and television performer

  Ukrainian comedian who lit up League of Laughter as Venya of Veterans of the Space Forces.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Mykola Karpyuk

  1964 – 2026 · Political activist

  Lifelong Ukrainian patriot, UNA-UNSO co-founder, and former Kremlin prisoner who fell in combat.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Fedir Stryhun

  1939 – 2026 · Actor

  People's Artist of Ukraine who gave Lviv's Zankovetska Theatre more than half a century, and forever the Cossack Andriy of The Lost Letter.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Valentyn Smyntyna

  1948 – 2026 · Physicist

  Physicist who gave almost sixty years to Odesa University and led it as rector from 1995 to 2010.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Oleg Shavarsky (Олег Шаварський)

  1946 – 2026 · Actor

  People's Artist of Ukraine who gave more than fifty years to the Franko Theatre and to generations of students.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Yury Antipkin

  1950 – 2026 · Pediatrician and medical scientist

  Ukrainian pediatrician who spent fifty years caring for the health of the nation's mothers and children.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Olha Osiik

  1947 – 2026 · Stage actress

  Ukrainian actress who gave more than fifty years and over 100 roles to the stage of the Volyn theatre in Lutsk.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Liudmyla Radchenko

  1932 – 2026 · Athlete and sports journalist

  An Olympic long jumper who spent a lifetime telling the stories of Ukrainian sport.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Vissarion Stretovych

  1953 – 2026 · Metropolitan bishop

  Metropolitan of Ovruch and Korosten who spent a lifetime serving Polissya.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Leonid Chernega

  1944 – 2026 · City council chairman and businessman

  Led Odesa through the hard first years of Ukrainian independence.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Klym Liiv

  † 2026 · Basketball player

  Ukrainian basketball player and youth coach who gave his life defending Ukraine.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Maria Melnyk

  † 2026 · UPA courier

  Fialka, the teenage courier who survived the Gulag and kept her faith in people.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ivan Khlanta

  1941 – 2026 · Folklorist

  Zakarpattia folklorist who recorded thousands of songs and tales for Ukraine's living memory.

  3 candles · 1 tributes