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Czech beer company opened in Ukraine

In 1869, the large Zeman family, the head of which was a brewer, moved from the Czech Republic (Kralowe Mniece) to Volhyn, to Kvasyliv, where they bought land and opened a brewery.

Zino Davidoff, a renowned Ukrainian-Swiss tobacconist and the founder of the Davidoff luxury brandThe photograph shows him standing in front of his cigar shop in Geneva, Switzerland. Zino Davidoff's father, Henri Davidoff, a tobacco merchant, opened a tobacco shop in Geneva in 1911 after the family fled Ukraine. Zino later took over the business and was instrumental in its growth. He is credited with several innovations in the cigar industry, including the invention of the desktop humidor. During World War II, he famously acquired the cigar stock from Paris to protect it from the invading forces, which cemented his reputation as a key figure in the European tobacco trade. The Davidoff brand, now owned by Oettinger Davidoff AG, has expanded beyond cigars to include a range of luxury products such as fragrances, leather goods, and accessories.

Lew Grade, portrait

Lew Grade and Fozzie at The Variety Club of Great Britain Show Business Awards luncheon on February

Queen Elizabeth and Lew GrandHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is greeted by Media mogul Lew Grade (left), as she arrives at the Royal Gala Variety Performance at the London Palladium in aid of the British Olympics Appeal Fund. © Mirrorpix

Lord Lew Grade

Sikorsky solved the riddle of Da VinciCreator of the world's first airplanes: four-engined (1913), heavy four-engined bomber and passenger plane (1914), transatlantic seaplane (1934), serial single-screw helicopter (1942), Sikorsky S-29-A. Designer of the first US amphibious aircraft.