Famous Ukrainians

[Nestor]

Milla Jovovich
Milizta Natasha Jovovich (born December 17, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine) is an actress, musician and model (always hyperbolized nowadays as supermodel). Her family moved to Sacramento, California when she was five years old. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven-year-old.
She has appeared in the following films:

• Resident Evil (2002)
• Zoolander[?] (2001)
• The Claim[?] (2000) (formerly known as Kingdom Come)
• The Million Dollar Hotel[?] (2000)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc[?] (1999)
• He Got Game[?] (1998)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Dazed and Confused[?] (1993)
• Kuffs[?] (1992)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Return to the Blue Lagoon[?] (1991)
• The Night Train to Kathmandu[?] (1988) (TV)
• Two Moon Junction[?] (1988)

She has released the following music albums:

• The Divine Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell")
• the peopletree sessions - released August 1998
• The Million Dollar Hotel
• Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory[?]

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[Austrvegr]

Mila's father is Serbian (Montenegrin?) and mother Russian (Galina Loginova).

[Ross]

Yeah, I recall that list of famous Ukrainians. There is even Pushkin on it, as he has crossed Ukraine on his way to and out Moldavia :-)

[Nestor]

Originally Posted by Austrvegr

Mila's father is Serbian (Montenegrin?) and mother Russian (Galina Loginova).

Mother is Ukrainian. She was recently in Kyiv and did a number of performances there.

[Nestor]

Originally Posted by Ross

Yeah, I recall that list of famous Ukrainians. There is even Pushkin on it, as he has crossed Ukraine on his way to and out Moldavia :-)

Ha ha ha ha
Where is the URL?
I want to continue to laugh.

[Nestor]

William Kurelek. 1927-1977. Ukrainian Canadian artist. Some of his paintings have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. His books Prairie Boy's Summer and Prairie Boy's Winter are Canadian art book best sellers.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/6/h6-218-e.html Kazimir Malevich. 1878-1935. World famous Ukrainian born painter of Polish ancestry. He developed a style called "suprematism."
1. http://www.johngoto.org.uk/malevich.htm <h3>
Leo Mol. Born 1915. Canadian sculptor. Created the Shevchenko monument in Washington, DC. The Leo MOL Sculpture gardens in Winnipeg are a popular tourist attraction.
1. http://www.deja-net.mb.ca/leoindex.htm
2.http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/V...79/page_3.html Andy Warhol. 1928-1987. American (born) pop artist. One of the best known American artists. His most famous pieces are a portrait of Marilyn Monroe and a picture of a Campbell's Soup Can. His parents came from Eastern Slovakia of Rusyn background.
http://www.warhol.org/ Michael Martchenko. 1943- . Born Paris. Ukrainian Canadian illustrator of children's books, most written by Robert Munsch. Parents will recognize such titles as "Fifty Below Zero," "Moira's Birthday," "Thomas' Snowsuit." Ukrainian Canadians will recognize the titles "Silver Threads," a book about the internment of Ukrainian Canadians in Canada during WWI written by Marsha Skrypuch, and "Enough," a book about the 1932-33 Famine Genocide against Ukraine by Stalin and the Soviet regime, which resulted in up to 7 million deaths.
http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~hlynka/six63.html#anchor1
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~sel/cahero/michael_m..htm Alexander Archipenko. 1887-1964. Born Kyiv. Sculptor. Some of his work is in the SMITHSONIAN in Washington.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists...alexander.html John Kricfalusi. Animator. Creator of TV show "Ren and Stimpy."
http://www.acmefilmworks.com/dir_fol...ricfalusi.html
For information on John's background, see
http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~hlynka/nine23.html#anchor3 Sonia Delaunay. 1885-1979. Born in Ukraine. French artist and fashion designer.
http://www.foxrarebooks.com/delaunay.html Cassandre. (Adolphe Mouron) 1901-1968. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Famous French art deco commercial artist.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/rmouron/ David Burliuk. 1882-1967. Born Semirotovschina. Futurist artist.
http://www.russianavantgard.com/mast...ster%2004.html Marie Bashkirtseff. 1858-1884. French artist, author. Born in Ukraine. Her book "I Am the Most Interesting Book of All" is well known.
http://www.geocities.com/mbashkirtseff/index.htm Louis Choris (1795-1828). Ukrainian born artist. Sailing on a Russian exploration ship, he was one of the early painters of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. The only portraits of Hawaian king Kamehameha were painted by Choris.
http://www.askart.com/biography.asp?ID=4064 Louise Nevelson. 1899-1988 Well known American artist and sculptor. Her work can be found in the Metropolitan and the Guggenheim Museums in New York, among many other prominent musuems. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She appears on a year 2000 U.S. postage stamp.
http://college.hmco.com/history/read...velsonloui.htm Vladimir Tatlin. 1885-1956. Born in Kharkiv. Founded an art movement called "constructivism," which is related to Malevich's "suprematism."
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=73240 George Pocheptsov. Born 1992. American artist prodigy.
http://www.georgiepocheptsov.com/ Dmytro Levitzky. 1735-1822. Born Kyiv. Artist. http://www.abcgallery.com/L/levitzky/levitzky.html
Yaroslava Surmach Mills. American artist, author and illustrator.
http://www.artukraine.com/exhibition...s/surmach1.htm
Especially well known are Yarolsava's illustrations for the book "The Mitten" based on a Ukrainian folktale, retold by Alvin Tressault. (not to be confused with the other well known version by Jan Brett) Jacques Hnizdovsky. American artist and illustrator.
http://www.hnizdovsky.com Mychajlo Dmytrenko. 1908-1997. Ukrainian American artist.
http://www.dmytrenko.org/ Taras Polataiko. Ukrainian born Canadian artist (with some strange artistic ideas).
http://art-history.concordia.ca/eea/...polataiko.html Edward Kozak (EKO). Ukrainian American artist. Creator of humor magazine Lys Mykyta.
http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1998/469822.shtml Edward Burtynsky. Ukrainian Canadian photographer. (1955-) His exhibits have appeared in major international galleries.
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ Dr. Mehemed Fehmy Agha (1896-1978). Artist. Photographer. Born in Ukraine and educated in Kyiv and Paris. Pioneering art director for Vogue, House & Garden, and Vanity Fair.
http://design.rit.edu/biographies/agha.html Luciow, Kmit, and Perchyshyn. Authors of the popular book "Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them"
http://www.mailordercentral.com/ukrainiangiftshop/ Vasyl Krychevsky. Prominent Ukrainian painter. 1873-1952.
http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1999/479918.shtml Nykifor. 1895-1968. Lemko primitive painter. Lived in Lemko section of Poland.
1. http://www.portikus.de/ArchiveA0103.html
2. http://www.outsiderart.co.uk/nikifor.htm Al Hirshfeld. 1903-2003. American. The greatist line artist of the 20th century. Ukrainian born mother. The name of his daughter Nina appears in most of his caricatures.
http://www.alhirschfeld.com/bios/alhirschfeld.html Various Modern Artists. Works by various Ukrainian artists are available for sale at the (Web) Sunflower Gallery of Modern Ukrainian Art.
http://art.sumix.com:8085/art/help.html Visit the impressive Ukrainian Picture Archive at
http://history-of-art.osu.edu/UPA/index.html Heorhiy Narbut. Artist.
http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0610/T061013.asp Myron Levytsky. 1913-1993. Ukrainian Canadian artist.
http://www.oseredok.org/ucec/sites/m...?P=5E8B43OSD37 Kost Szonk-Rusych. 1915-1983. American enamel artist. Author.
http://www.oseredok.org/ucec/sites/m...?P=5B8B25OSD54

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[Austrvegr]

Originally Posted by Nestor

Mother is Ukrainian. She was recently in Kyiv and did a number of performances there.

I too was recently in Kiev. That did not make me Ukrainian. You should be aware that Loginova is a Moskal' family name.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Austrvegr

I too was recently in Kiev. That did not make me Ukrainian. You should be aware that Loginova is a Moskal' family name.

Don't bother arguing with Nestor, he has got logic disability

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id...cf=gen&intl=us

A model-turned-actress-turned-singer-turned actress, Milla Jovovich can claim to have had one of the entertainment business' more varied careers. Born to a Russian actress and a Yugoslavian doctor in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on December 17, 1975, Jovovich moved with her family to Sacramento, CA, when she was five.

[Nestor]

http://www.korrespondent.net/main/128971/

Крепкая украинская девушка Милла Йовович вернется с подругой
Корреспондент.net
23 Августа 2005, 17:30
Милла Йовович рассказала о своих впечатлениях от Киева, организованном ею Фонде помощи детям и планах "открыть Америке Украину", передает Интерфакс-Украина.

Отвечая на вопрос о том, хотелось бы ей сняться в каком-либо украинском фильме, Милла Йовович сказала: "Безусловно, хотелось бы". В то же время актриса подчеркнула, что нужно очень аккуратно и внимательно подходить к выбору ролей.
Актриса рассказала, что очень много работает.
"Я крепкая украинская девушка, поэтому работаю много", - сказала Йовович, добавив, что в свободное время читает, играет на гитаре.

Говоря о своих впечатлениях от Киева, Милла Йовович сказала, что город по красоте превзошел все ее ожидания. "Он такой красивый, что хочется летать", - сказала она.
Галина Логинова рассказала, что перед отъездом из страны семья Йовович-Логиновых жили сначала на Борщаговке, потом на Печерске. Еще раньше, совсем юной девушкой, Галина жила в общежитии киностудии имени Довженко.
Логинова не исключила, что может принять участие в кинопроектах в Киеве, если будут подходящие предложения. Отвечая на вопросы журналистов, она также сказала, что хотела бы помочь киевской киностудии Довженко.

Loginov was her mother's first husbands surname and the surname her half brother uses.

[Nestor]

George Kolshitsky. Born Sambir. He is credited with introducing coffee to Europe (from Turkey). He was a participant in the Turkish seige of Vienna in 1863, from which he learned about coffee.
http://members.aol.com/fivewill1/kolshitsky.htm

[Austrvegr]

Originally Posted by Nestor

Loginov was her mother's first husbands surname and the surname her half brother uses.

What is your source? And does it say what her father's surname is?

[Ross]

Official site of Mila Jovovich says that her mother is Russian.

http://www.millaj.com./faq.shtml

Mother: Galina Loginova Jovovich, a famous Russian actress

[Ross]

Ukrainians are not very talented, to put it very mildly, but very envious to glory of talented peoples, that's why they're trying to claim Ukrainian celebrities representing non-Ukrainian ethnicities.

But, even with them, they're still not very talented, to put it very mildly.

[Carnyx]

Petlioura, Simon
1879-1926

Head of the autonomous Ukraine. Murdered by a jewish watchmaker named Samuel Schwarzbard in Paris, 1926 Mai 25th. Petlioura was accused by jews to be the instigator of the pogroms that took place in Ukraine in 1919 and 1921 during the civil war (after the the October revolution). The murderer's trial was called the "Progroms Trial". Many of then famous peoples supported Scharzbard, such as Maxime Gorki. An association was even created : the "Ligue Anti Progrom" which became later the LICA now known as LICRA. Schwarzbard was finally acquited, he died in South Africa, 1936. The Paris Ukrainian Librairy is still called after Petlioura.

Petlioura's tumb (Paris)



Petlioura's effigy stamp

[Nestor]

Originally Posted by Ross

Official site of Mila Jovovich says that her mother is Russian.

http://www.millaj.com./faq.shtml

Russian actress doesn't mean she is Russian but Milla states:

"Я крепкая украинская девушка, поэтому работаю много", - сказала Йовович, добавив, что в свободное время читает, играет на гитаре.

She is as Russian as Gogol I guess.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Nestor

Loginov was her mother's first husbands surname and the surname her half brother uses.

You've already been asked to submit the source for this assertion.

Что для тебя значат твои русские корни?

• Я ими очень горжусь. Той силой воли, которую я ощущаю в себе, я целиком обязана своему происхождению.
  

http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id...tner=multishop

[Nestor]

Originally Posted by Duchemin

Petlioura, Simon
1879-1926

Head of the autonomous Ukraine. Murdered by a jewish watchmaker named Samuel Schwarzbard in Paris, 1926 Mai 25th. Petlioura was accused by jews to be the instigator of the pogroms that took place in Ukraine in 1919 and 1921 during the civil war (after the the October revolution). The murderer's trial was called the "Progroms Trial". Many of then famous peoples supported Scharzbard, such as Maxime Gorki. An association was even created by an other tribeman, the "Ligue Anti Progrom" which became later the LICA now known as LICRA. Schwarzbard was finally acquited, he died in South Africa, 1936. The Paris Ukrainian Librairy is still called after Petlioura.

Svartzbard was a Soviet agent. He was an active communist originally from Odessa. He used the same lawyer as the Soviet Ambassador to France and had his legal fees paid by the Soviet Consulate.

Please see:

Lytvyn is from the Souhern Ukrainian city of Sevastopol
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/pdf/02-04_2000/398.pdf
Литвин С. Вбивство С.Петлюри і ГПУ. До історіографії проблеми
Литвин С. Вбивство С.Петлюри і ГПУ. До історіографії проблеми

http://www.sbu.gov.ua/history/arhiv/02-04_2000.shtml