People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський
Historian who wrote Ukraine as a distinct historical subject, and chairman of the Central Rada
Scholarship and theory
1866–1934
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Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi Павло Петрович Скоропадський
The last hetman of Ukraine, installed under German occupation in 1918
Government and administration · Ukrainian State (Hetmanate)
1873–1945
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Symon Vasyliovych Petliura Симон Васильович Петлюра
Ukrainian independence leader who headed the People's Republic but whose role in pogroms remains fiercely contested
Military command · Ukrainian People's Republic
1879–1926
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Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко
Ukrainian Social Democratic writer who led the Rada's General Secretariat and the Directory
Government and administration · Ukrainian People's Republic
1880–1951
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Stepan Bandera Степан Андрійович Бандера
Ukrainian nationalist politician and leader of the OUN-B.
Political and party leadership
1909–1959
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Vitold Pavlovych Fokin Вітольд Павлович Фокін
From Soviet economic planner to independent Ukraine’s first prime minister
Government and administration · Ukraine state institutions
1932–2025
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Vasyl Marochko Василь Марочко
A historian of the Holodomor’s mechanisms and memory
Scholarship and theory
1956–
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Hennadii Hryhorovych Yefimenko Геннадій Григорович Єфіменко
A historian of state and society in Soviet Ukraine
Scholarship and theory
1971–
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Nykyfor Hryhoriv Никифор Григор'єв
Ukrainian otaman who took Odesa for the Reds, then turned to revolt and pogrom
Military command · Independent activity
c.1885–1919