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Askold d. 882 (circa)
Legendary founder of Kiev. Modern scholarship holds that Askold was apparently Rurik's trusted man but was neither a relative nor an aristocrat. As Rurik's agent to Constantinople, he discovered a settlement that would become Kiev while en route along the Dnieper. He claimed it as his capital from which he ruled over the Polans, a tribe of east Slavs which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river. Within Kiev he gathered his fellow Varangians to his seat. Although usually linked with a co-...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Murdered
Askoldova Mohyls, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Babi Yar Memorial
This memorial stands at Babi Yar, the ravine then on the city limits of Kiev where the German army (with the assistance of the Ukrainian police) massacred the town's Jewish population in 1941. The German army records note 33,771 Jews shot here in two days. Yevgeny Yevtushenko's famous poem which first brought attention to the massacre in the Soviet Union began 'At Babi Yar there is no monument'. Now there is this one, with tablets in Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish which state that over 100,000 '...[Read More]
Babi Yar Memorial, Babi Yar, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Bauer, Yevgeni b. 1865 d. June 22, 1917
Motion Picture Director. He and Yakov Protazanov were the most important Russian filmakers of the Czarist era. Yevgeni Frantsevich Bauer was born in Moscow, into an artistic family of German descent. He graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1887. Restlessly creative, he was an actor, newspaper cartoonist, and theatre producer before entering films at 48, a relatively advanced age for that activity. His first credit was as art director for the feature "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Polikurovskoe Cemetery, Yalta, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
Bazhan, Mikola b. October 9, 1904 d. November 23, 1983
Writer and poet.
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Bolkhovitinov, Evgeny d. 1837
Scholar and historian of the Ukrainian church.
Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
British Light Brigade Monument d. October 25, 1854
This monument is dedicated to the men of the British Cavalry Light Brigade that made the famous and disastrous charge at the Battle of Balaklava during the 1854 Crimean War. As a consequence of the incompetence of its officers, the Light Brigade of the British cavalry was commanded to attack Russian gun positions, and was consequently slaughtered. Of the 600+ men who made the change, only around 200 survived unharmed. The action was later made famous by Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge...[Read More]
Balaklava Battlefield, Balaklava, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Brondukov, Borislav b. March 1, 1938 d. March 10, 2004
Actor. He began his acting career in regional theaters in the Ukraine. In 1962, he made his film debut, and appeared in 110 films in the former Soviet Union. His biggest role was as police inspector Lestrade in the TV mini-series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." He was honored with several awards in his native country. He died of heart disease at the age of 66. (Bio by: Always with Love)
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Cathcart, George [reinterrment of partial remains] d. 1854
British Army Lieutenant General. During the Crimean War, his reluctance to bring up his infantry division at the Battle of Balaklava was a major factor in bringing about the disaster of the "Charge of the Light Brigade". He was killed 11 days later at the Battle of Inkerman. One of the hills in the 'Valley of Death' was named Cathcart Hill after him and was the site of the major British war cemetery. However this cemetery was extensively destroyed during World War II. In recent time, some...[Read More]
Cathcart Hill, Sevastopol, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Chornovil, Vyacheslav Maximovich b. December 24, 1937 d. March 25, 1999
Leader of right-wing 'Rukh' political party.
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Dir d. 882 (circa)
Legendary founder of Kiev. Modern scholarship holds that he was apparently Rurik's trusted man but was neither a relative nor an aristocrat. As Rurik's agent to Constantinople, he discovered a settlement that would become Kiev while en route along the Dnieper. He claimed it as his capital from which he ruled over the Polans, a tribe of east Slavs which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river. Within Kiev he gathered his fellow Varangians to his seat. Although usually linked with a co-rular...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Murdered
Askoldova Mohyls, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
England, Gytha Of b. 1053 d. May 7, 1107
English and Russian Royalty. Born Gytha Haraldsdóttir of Wessex, the eldest daughter of Harald II, King of England and Eadgyth Swanneshals. Upon the death of her father at the Battle of Hastings, Gytha fled with her aunt and grandmother to the island of Flatholme in the Bristol Channel. When her brothers failed in their attempt to regain their kingdom, they all retreated the court of their uncle, King Swein Estrodsson of Denmark. Her uncle contracted her marriage with Vladimir Monomakh, Prince...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
French Cemetery marker
French Cemetery, Crimean War. This marker is all that is left to mark the site of the French cemetery where their dead were buried after the Crimean War of the 1850s.
French Cemetery (marker), Sevastopol, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Plot: Outside Sebastopol
Glushchenko, Nikolai Petrovich b. September 17, 1901 d. October 31, 1977
Artist.
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Goreletsky, Platon d. 1891
Metropolitan (Archbishop) of the Ukrainian Church.
Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Grin, Alexander b. August 23, 1880 d. July 8, 1932
Author. One of Russia's leading writers of fantasy. In his novels and stories he created his own exotic country, "Grinlandia", in which pure-hearted souls search for love and adventure and have a constant poetic dialogue with the sea. His best known book, "Scarlet Sails" (1923), has been called "the Russian 'Treasure Island'". Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky was born near Vyatka (now Kirov), Russia, the son of an exiled Polish dissident. At 16 he ran away from an abusive home and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Staryi Krym Cemetery, Staryi Krym, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
Haidai, Zoya Mikhaylovna b. June 1, 1902 d. April 21, 1965
Singer.
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Jewish Memorial at Babi Yar
As the 'official' memorial to the Babi Yar massacre set up by the Soviets does not mention the fact that nearly all the victims were Jews, a separate memorial was erected in the 90s when Ukraine had become independent, in the format of a Jewish menorah (candelabra). (Bio by: David Conway)
Babi Yar Memorial, Babi Yar, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Karakashyan, Napoleon Karlovich b. 1919 d. 1962
Football player (soccer).
Baykova Cemetery, Kiev, City of Kiev, Ukraine
Khanzhonkov, Alexander b. August 8, 1877 d. September 26, 1945
Motion Picture Pioneer. One of the founders of Russian Cinema. Born in the Ukraine's Donetsk Province, he served as captain of a Don Cossack unit in the Russo-Japanese War and was decorated for bravery. After the war he settled in Moscow, where he opened his first nickelodeon in 1906. At the time the fledgeling Russian movie market was monopolized by foreign films and his initial attempts at native production were modest newsreels and comedies. He made a fortune distributing France's "Film d'...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Polikurovskoe Cemetery, Yalta, Crimea Republic, Ukraine
Kholodnaya, Vera b. August 30, 1893 d. February 16, 1919
Actress. Nicknamed "The Queen of the Screen", she was Russia's first female movie star. Although most of her films are lost, her haunting beauty and untimely death have made her a figure of enduring interest. Vera Vasilyevna Levchenko was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and largely raised by her grandmother in Moscow. At 17 she married Vladimir Kholodny, a professional auto racer, but when he was conscripted into the Russian Army at the start of World War I she was left alone with a daughter to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
First Christian Cemetery (Defunct), Odessa, Odes'ka, Ukraine
Plot: Demolished in 1931, site now a public park on Preobrazhenskaya Street

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