Zhytomyr, Grand Duchy of Lithuania

1. Anastasiia Nesterenko (1994)

Instagram Star

Travel and lifestyle influencer whose Instagram blogging about her adventures have won her a huge online following. She has over 200,000 followers on the platform. 

2. Tadeusz Borowski (1922)

Polish Writer

A Polish author, poet, and journalist of the Twentieth Century, he is best remembered for This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen and other World War II-era works. He...

3. Ruslan Malinovskyi (1993)

Footballer

Professional midfielder that was signed by the Atalanta Football Club in July 2019. He has also made appearances as a member of the Ukrainian national men's team. 

4. Andriy Slyusarchuk (1971)

Ukrainian Neurologist

Andriy Tykhonovych Slyusarchuk is a Ukrainian who became among other things neurosurgeon medical doctor and professor. He also claims to have set a number of unverified world records in memorizing...

5. Aderinsola Habib Eseola (1991)

Ukrainian Footballer

Aderinsola Habib Eseola is a Ukrainian professional association football player. His father is of African descent and his mother Ukrainian. He plays for Polissya Zhytomyr and Dynamo Kyiv. In Autumn...

6. Isaac Trachtenberg (1923)

Scholar

Isaac Mikhailovich Trachtenberg - Ukrainian and Soviet hygienist Professor MD a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine...

7. Samuil Vainshtein (1894)

Russian Chess Player

Samuil Osipovich Vainshtein was a Russian chess master organizer publisher and editor. In July/August 1914 he was playing in Mannheim at (the 19th DSB Congress when it was interrupted...

8. Anastasiya Chernenko (1990)

Ukrainian Triathlete

Anastasiya Chernenko Ukrainian Анастасія Михайлівна Черненко born 11 October 1990 in Zhytomir is a professional Ukrainian triathlete winner of the Ukrainian Triathlon Cup 2010 and reserve member of the National...

9. Andriy Tkachuk (1987)

Footballer

Andriy Tkachuk is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who played for Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League.

10. Sydor Kizin (1975)

Ukrainian Lawyer

Sydor Vasylyovych Kizin is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who is the Leader of the Zhytomyr regional organization of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda.

11. Yuliya Yelistratova (1988)

Triathlete

Yuliya Yelistratova Ukrainian Юлія Єлістратова Russian Юлия Елистратова is a professional Ukrainian triathlete European U23 Champion of the year 2009 Number 1 in the ITU ranking of the year 2009...

12. Alla Yaroshinskaya (1953)

Ukrainian Politician

Alla Yaroshinskaya is a Ukrainian politician and journalist. She was a member of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1991 Deputy to the Minister of Press and Information until 1993...

13. Lev Sternberg (1861)

Ukrainian Ethnographer

Lev Yakovlevich Sternberg Я́ковлевич Ште́рнберг) was a Ukrainian ethnographer who from 1889 to 1897 studied the Nivkhs Oroks and Ainu on Sakhalin and in Siberia for the American Museum of...

14. Yuriy Metlushenko (1976)

Ukrainian Racing Cyclist

Yuriy Metlushenko is a Ukrainian cyclist. He became a professional in 2002 with team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago.

15. Rustam Akhmetov (1950)

Soviet High Jumper

Rustam Akhmetov is a retired high jumper who represented the Soviet Union. He was born in Zhytomyr Ukrainian SSR and was affiliated with the VSS Avangard in Berdyansk. He won...

16. Vladimir Feldman (1959)

Australian Chess Player

Vladimir Feldman is an Australian chess International Master and experienced chess coach. Feldman has a master degree in Chess Coaching from the State Institute of Physical Culture Moscow.

17. Anatoly Onoprienko (1959)

Serial Killer

Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko was a Ukrainian serial killer. He is also known by the nicknames The Beast of Ukraine The Terminator and Citizen O. After police arrested the 37-year-old former...

18. Mykola Stsiborskyi (1898)

Ukrainian Politician

Mykola Stsiborskyi also may be spelled Stsiborsky Stsyborsky Ściborski or Sciborski was a Ukrainian nationalist politician who served on the Provid or central leadership council of the Organization of Ukrainian...

19. Alexander Huzman (1962)

Chess Player

Alexander Huzman is an Israeli Chess Grandmaster and trainer. As of April 2009 his Elo rating was 2596 making him the # 9 player in Israel and the 188th-highest rated...

20. Inna Yevseyeva (1964)

Soviet Middle Distance Runner

Inna Yevseyeva is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1980s and the early 1990s and then Ukraine. A two-time Olympian she set her personal...

21. Josif Dorfman (1952)

Chess Player

Josif Davidovich Dorfman is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster coach and chess writer.

22. Mikhail Isaakovich Sheftel (1862)

Russian Politician

Mikhail Isaakovich Sheftel was a Russian Jewish lawyer member of the First Duma of the Russian Empire in 1906. He figured among the leaders of the OPE the Society for...

23. Valentyna Zhudina (1983)

Ukrainian Steeplechase Runner

Valentyna Zhudina is a Ukrainian athlete. She competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics placing 22nd with a time of 9:37. 90.

24. Yan Gamarnik (1894)

Soviet General

Yan Gamarnik sometimes known as Yakov Gamarnik was a Soviet military commander and politician of Jewish ethnicity.

25. Tetyana Danylenko (1983)

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Tetyana Danylenko is a Ukrainian TV journalist and television host for the Channel 5 and the Hromadske. tv a blog editor at the Ukrayinska Pravda. Danylenko was born in a...

26. Eugene Perelshteyn (1980)

American Chess Player

Eugene Perelshteyn is a chess grandmaster and author. He earned the International Master title in 2001 and the Grandmaster title in 2006. He won the U. S. Junior Closed Championship...

27. Andriy Sakhnevych (1989)

Footballer

Andriy Volodymyrovych Sakhnevych is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian Premier League.

28. Oksana Dyka (1978)

Ukrainian Operatic Soprano

Oksana Dyka is a Ukrainian operatic soprano.

29. Maxim Polischuk (1984)

Olympic Cyclist

Maxim Polischuk is a retired Ukrainian amateur track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux France and...

30. Lev Nikulin (1891)

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31. Mark Kharitonov (1937)

Russian Writer

Mark Sergeyevich Kharitonov is a Russian novelist poet essayist and translator. He was awarded the first Russian Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel Lines of Fate.

32. Myroslav Popovych (1930)

Ukrainian Philosopher

Myroslav Popovych is a Ukrainian philosopher DA professor Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

33. Oleksandr Palyanytsya (1972)

Footballer

Oleksandr Palyanytsya is a former Ukrainian player.

34. Yuriy Vernydub (1966)

Footballer

Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. From June 2009 he was an assistant coach with FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. AFter a spell as an...

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