List of Ukrainian Jews explained

Presented below are lists of famous or notable Ukrainian people of Jewish descent and other Jews born in the territory of present-day Ukraine, before 20 century borderland region in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (later in Russian Partition and Austrian Partition).

Athletes

Politicians

Russian/Soviet politicians

Israeli politicians

United States politicians

Israeli military persons

Soldiers and Revolutionaries

Other Historical figures

Business figures

Natural scientists

Mathematicians

Social scientists

Musicians

Fine artists

Performing artists

Writers and poets

Chess players

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Elfman . Lois . Jewish Ice Skaters . The Jewish Ledger . December 8, 2004 . July 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406184654/http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2004/12/08/news/on_the_cover/news03.txt . April 6, 2012 .
  3. https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1281732-dolgopyat-artem.htm "DOLGOPYAT Artem"
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  5. News: America's Hottest Jewish Olympic Hopefuls Are To Be Found on the Ice . https://web.archive.org/web/20140611100612/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79273055.html. June 11, 2014. David Pollack . The Forward. February 8, 2002 . July 1, 2010.
  6. Web site: The 18th Maccabiah–Maccabiah Chai . JCC . June 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100420024035/http://www.jcc.org/articlenav.php?id=584 . April 20, 2010 .
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  8. Web site: Jews in Sports: Table Tennis . Jewish Virtual Library. May 25, 2010.
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  10. News: Maksyuta Content With 2011, Ambitious for 2012. December 16, 2011. John Crumlish. International Gymnast Magazine. January 5, 2015.
  11. News: Introducing Israel's Olympians: Valeria Maksyuta . The Jerusalem Post. Allon Sinai. July 2, 2012.
  12. News: Motti . Peshkhatzki . he:דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו . $220,000 for Andrei Obramko. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART1/433/383.html . NRG . June 9, 2006 . July 6, 2008 . he .
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  78. http://www.kidzworld.com/features/americanidol4/chat_anthony_02.htm "Anthony Federov: I'm like half Christian, half Jewish. I'm like a mix."
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  81. http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Gilels-Emil.htm He was born Samuil Hilels in Odesa to a musical Jewish family; both his parents were musicians.
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  98. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/tchernichovsky.html "Shaul Tchernichovsky was born in Mikhailovka, Crimea, and grew up in a religious home that was open to the ideas of the Enlightenment and Zionism. He attended a modern Hebrew school, where he studied mainly Hebrew and Bible, and at ten entered a Russian school."
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