Flashcards: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni

(This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Oleksiyovych and the family name is Poroshenko.) Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɛˈtrɔ oɫɛˈksijovɪt͡ʃ poroˈʃɛnko]; born 26 September 1965) is the fifth and current President of Ukraine, in office since 2014.

Meir Argov (Hebrew: מאיר ארגוב‎‎, Meyer Grabovsky; 1905 – 24 November 1963) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук; born January 10, 1934) is a former Ukrainian politician and the first President of Ukraine, who served from December 5, 1991, until his resignation on July 19, 1994.

Paulin Święcicki (1841–1876) was a Polish-Ukrainian writer, journalist, playwright and translator.

Darya Tkachenko (born 21 December 1983) is a Russian (since 2016), formerly Ukrainian (until 2015), draughts player holding the FMJD titles of FMJD Master (MF) and Women's International Grandmaster (GMIF).

Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ სააკაშვილი, IPA: [mɪχɛɪl sɑɑkʼɑʃvɪlɪ]; Ukrainian: Міхеїл Саакашвілі; born 21 December 1967) is a Ukrainian and former Georgian politician.

Anatoly Ivanovich Savenko (Russian: Савенко, Анатолий Иванович; 28 December 1874 in Pereiaslav, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire – 1922 in Kerch, USSR) was a Russian social and political activist, lawyer, writer, essayist and journalist.

Svetlana Yakovlevna Berzina (Russian: Светлана Яковлевна Берзина), (7 March 1932, in Moscow – 24 April 2012, in Moscow) was an important Russian Egyptologist.

Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (Russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; born January 9, 1938, in Kiev) is a former Soviet Ukrainian fencer, and current US fencing coach.

Lesya Yuriyivna Orobets (Ukrainian: Ле́ся Ю́ріївна Оробе́ць, born May 3, 1982) is a Ukrainian politician and a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament of Ukraine) since 2007 (elected as member of Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defence), and was re-elected in 2012 (as member of Batkivshchyna).

Liubov Paradieva Sereda (Russian: Любовь Парадиева Середа; born in 1945) is a retired Soviet rhythmic gymnast.

Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko (Ukrainian: Валенти́н Олекса́ндрович Налива́йченко; born 8 June 1966; Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian diplomat, politician, and statesman.

Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Сергійович Грушевський, Polish: Mychajło Hruszewski, Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Грушевский, Chełm, 29 September [O.S. 17 September] 1866 – Kislovodsk, 24 November 1934) was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century.

Liudmyla Pavlivna Suprun (Ukrainian: Людмила Павлівна Супрун) (born January 7, 1965 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian politician and former candidate in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.

Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk) (in Ukrainian : Федір Парфенович Богатирчук, Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk; in Russian : Фёдор Парфеньевич Богатырчук, Fiodor Parfen'evitch Bogatyrchuk) (born 14 November 1892 in Kiev, Russian Empire – died 4 September 1984, Ottawa, Canada) was a Ukrainian-Canadian International Master of chess, and an International Master of correspondence chess.

Viktor Petrov (Ukrainian: Віктор Петров 1894 – 1969) was a prominent Soviet Ukrainian existentialist writer.

Yulia Vladimirovna Makarenkova (Ukrainian: Юлiя Вoлoдимировна Макаренкова, Russian: Юлия Владимировна Макаренкова; b. September 2, 1973 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a draughts player from Ukraine and International Grand Master (GMI).

Muhammad Hassan Bey Veliyev-Baharly (1896 – 27 June 1937) was a prominent Azerbaijani scientist, whose contributions in the studying field of ethnogenesis, economy are not only widely used by modern day scholars, but represent the achievements of independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Levan Varshalomidze (Georgian: ლევან ვარშალომიძე) (born 17 January 1972) is a Georgian politician and the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara from 2004 to 2012.

Valentyn Sadovsky (Ukrainian: Валентин Васильович Садовський) was a politician, scientist, journalist, economist of Ukraine.

Jaddy Simai Jaddy (born 30 June 1963) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Mkwajuni constituency since 2010.

Andrey Viktorovych Kolodyuk (Russian: Андрей Викторович Колодюк; May 25, 1971) is an entrepreneur and venture capital investor born in Ukraine.

Abdul Gadire Koroma (born 29 September 1943 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean jurist who served two terms as judge at the International Court of Justice (from 1994 to 2012).

Amina C. Mohamed Jibril (Somali: Aamina Maxamed Jibriil; Arabic: امينة محمد جبريل‎‎) (born 5 October 1961) is a Kenyan-Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician.

Andriy Kobolyev (Ukrainian: Андрій Коболєв; born 16 August 1978) is Chief Executive Officer of Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz.

Vladyslav Vasylyovych Nossov (Ukrainian: Владислав Васильович Носов, born 19 April 1946, Sovetskaya Gavan, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, civil servant and the co-author of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, Regulations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Constitution of Ukraine.

Hélène Sparrow (5 June 1891 - 13 November 1970) was a pioneer in world public health, a medical doctor and microbiologist.

Olena Fedorivna Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Олена Федорівна Бондаренко) is a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", People's Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of the Subcommittee on gender issues at the Committee on human rights, national minorities and international relations (since July 2006), member of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko fraction (from May 2006 till December 2012).

Igor Yegorov (born June 3, 1958) is a Ukrainian economist, Sc.

Andrei Veselovsky (birth: 28 July 1951, Lviv) is a Ukrainian diplomat.

Borys Hudyma (Ukrainian: Борис Миколайович Гудима) (Born: 29 December 1941, Primorsky Krai) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

Viktor Kryzhanivsky (Ukrainian: Віктор Володимирович Крижанівський) (Born: 21 December 1961, Zhytomyr) is a Ukrainian diplomat.

Valeriy P. Kuchinsky (Ukrainian: Валерій Павлович Кучинський) (Born: 25 October 1944, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

Yurii V. Kostenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Васильович Костенко) (born 1945) is a Ukrainian diplomat.

Alexander Yusuf is a Somali-British architect.

Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Russian: Лев Исаа́кович Шесто́в, 1866 – 1938), born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann (Russian: Иегуда Лейб Шварцман), was a Russian existentialist philosopher.

Alexis Nour (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈno.ur]; born Alexei Vasile Nour, also known as Alexe Nour, Alexie Nour, As. Nr.; Russian: Алексе́й Ноур, Aleksey Nour; 1877–1940) was a Bessarabian-born Romanian journalist, activist and essayist, known for his advocacy of Romanian-Bessarabian union and his critique of the Russian Empire, but also for controversial political dealings.

Valentina Mikhailovna Borok (9 July 1931, Kharkiv, Ukraine, USSR – 4 February2004, Haifa, Israel) was a Soviet Ukrainian mathematician.