Sumy Oblast - Famous People From Sumy Oblast

Famous People From Sumy Oblast

  • Viktor Yushchenko – 3rd President of Ukraine (2005–2010); Khoruzhivka village
  • Sydir Kovpak – a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine
  • Natalia Ivanovna Sedova – Wife of Leon Trotsky, born Romny 1882
  • Oleh Husyev – Footballer
  • Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub – WW2 ace and air marshal of the Soviet Union.
  • Oleksi Berest – one of the soldiers who hoisted the Victory Banner in Berlin and a posthumous Hero of Ukraine.
  • Dmitry Chechulin – architect; born Shostka 1901

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