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Vasyl Skopenko
Vasyl Fedorovych Skopenko (, 14 January 1912 – 27 January 1945) was a Ukrainian secondary school teacher and Head teacher, principal, lieutenant colonel, participant in the Winter War, Soviet-Finnish war and the World War II. Was awarded a Hero of the Soviet Union. Biography Born on 14 January 1912 in the village of Strusivka, Struhivka, which belonged to the Suraz district of then Chernihiv Governorate (now the Bryansk Oblast of the Russia, Russian Federation). Skopenko's father Fyodor Ivanovych worked at the Rostov mine, and mother Tetyana Yosypivna worked as a cook in the mining artillery. After graduating from high school, Skopenko studied at a mining school, then worked as a mining foreman at the Karl Liebknecht mine in Kryvyi Rih. Then he studied at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Odesa University. In 1935, after graduating from the Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical Institute, Skopenko was sent to the Verblyuz village school of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandomierz
Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (), situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province) since its transfer from the Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship in 1999. It is the capital of Sandomierz County. Sandomierz is known for its preserved Old Town, a major cultural and tourist attraction which the President of Poland declared a National Monument of Poland in 2017. In the past, Sandomierz was one of the most important urban centers not only of Lesser Poland, but also of the whole country. It was a royal city of the Polish Crown and functioned as a regional administrative centre from the High Middle Ages to the 19th century. Etymology The name of the city might have originated from the Old Polish ', composed of ' (from the verb ' "to judge") and ' ("peace"), or more likely from the antiquated given name Sędzimir, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
