At the beginning of cinema stood Ukrainian mechanic Yosyp Timchenko together with physicist Mykola Lyubimov, who two years before the discovery of the Lumiere brothers, developed a “snail” – a jumping mechanism.In 1893, films shot using a kinescope were already being shown in Odessa, thus outpacing the Lumières. But Timchenko failed to patent his device. His kinescope is still stored in the storage rooms of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow. Timchenko was also the author of automatic meteorological, physical and astronomical instruments, for which he received awards at world exhibitions. He participated in the creation of the first model of the Freudenberg automatic telephone exchange.

Valentina Radzymovska: founder of the Ukrainian school of physiologists and biochemistsValentyna Radzymovska (1886–1953) was a Ukrainian physician and scientist who was one of the first in the world to study the influence of acid-base balance on living cells and laid the foundations of the Ukrainian school of physiologists and biochemists. A professor at Kyiv and Lviv institutions, a participant in the liberation struggle and public and political life, she survived arrest in the case of the “Union for the Liberation of Ukraine”, Nazi occupation, and emigration to Germany and the USA. Leading figures of the Ukrainian movement gathered in her Kyiv apartment, and her scientific works combined laboratory experiments with concern for the health of children and tuberculosis patients. The portrait recreates the image of a woman for whom science, Ukraine, and human dignity were inseparable.

Mykola Zakharovych Levchenko

Ukrainian archaeologist Borys Mozolevski with the Scythian Golden Pectoral, which he discovered in 1971.The Golden Pectoral is a solid gold neckpiece from the 4th century BC. It was found in the Tovsta Mohyla, an ancient Scythian burial mound in southern Ukraine. The artifact is considered one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century. Mozolevski's discovery is a rare example of artistry and influential discovery.

Doctor Elie Metchnikoff, in his laboratory, Nature & Science

Father of the electric tram - Fedir PirockiUsing and relying on Pirockyj's scientific developments, Werner von Siemens created the first electric trams in Europe. What did Pirocki do a year later in Kyiv.

The first woman elected as adjunct professor of the University of St. Volodymyr - Polonska-Vasylenko

The first woman elected as adjunct professor of the University of St. Volodymyr - Polonska-Vasylenko