The Greatest Ukrainians (Ukrainian: Великі українці, romanized: Velyki ukrainstsi) was a Ukrainian TV project. The programme was the result of a vote conducted to determine whom the Ukrainian public considers the greatest Ukrainians to have lived in history. According to Savik Shuster, more than 2.5 million people participated in the voting.[1][2][3]
Logo of the project
The show was running under a license from the BBC and originally appeared on British TV under the name 100 Greatest Britons and was successful. Such countries as Canada, France, Germany, Romania and many others have also created their own versions.
On 11 April 2008, the top 100 of Great Ukrainians were announced. The top 10 was to be re-voted, and the results were shown on 16 May 2008. The final top 10 were:[4]
An hour-long documentary was filmed on each of the top 10 nominees, each of them hosted by a celebrity advocate, who delivered a passionate argument as to why their choice should be voted the greatest Ukrainian of all. The series concluded with a debate on the merits of each selected Ukrainian, bringing all of the advocates together to make a final plea to voters.
The Chief of Great Ukrainians project, journalist Vakhtang Kipiani, informed the public in his blog, that the voting system had been manipulated by unknown persons. He stated that a couple of days prior to publishing the results he was aware of a possible win for Yaroslav the Wise. Prior to that, with a huge lead in first place was the controversial Stepan Bandera. For example, the winner, Yaroslav I, received 60,000 votes in one month and almost 550,000 in just one day. Mykola Amosov, who took second place, received almost 150,000 votes in just one day. Kipiani said that if these manipulation hadn't taken place Yaroslav would not have won.
Among other Great Ukrainians for whatever reasons appeared Vladimir Lenin as well as such names like Stakhanov, Glushkov, and Vatutin.
^Свобода, Радіо (29 May 2008). "У проекті "Великі Українці" на телеканалі "Інтер" переміг князь Ярослав Мудрий". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^"Ярослав Мудрий, Микола Амосов, Степан Бандера - ВЕЛИКІ УКРАЇНЦІ". zaxid.net (in Ukrainian). 17 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^""Великі Українці": Ярослав Мудрий обійшов Бандеру". unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^Yaroslav the Wise – the Greatest Ukrainian of all times, Inter TV (19 May 2008)
External linksedit
Official website of the project
Blog of the project in Live Journal
Telekritika: Hanna Homonay will be co-hosting "Great Ukrainians"
Kyiv Post: Ukrainians choose their ‘greats’(in Ukrainian)
Manipulations in Ukraine(in Ukrainian)
Manipulations in Ukraine II(in Ukrainian)
January 01, 1970
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The Greatest Ukrainians Ukrainian Veliki ukrayinci romanized Velyki ukrainstsi was a Ukrainian TV project The programme was the result of a vote conducted to determine whom the Ukrainian public considers the greatest Ukrainians to have lived in history According to Savik Shuster more than 2 5 million people participated in the voting 1 2 3 Logo of the project The show was running under a license from the BBC and originally appeared on British TV under the name 100 Greatest Britons and was successful Such countries as Canada France Germany Romania and many others have also created their own versions Contents 1 Results 2 Top Ten 3 11 100 4 Great Ukrainians series 5 Controversy 5 1 Manipulations 6 Other editions 7 References 8 External linksResults editThe TV show was broadcast on Inter being 90 180 minutes long during Sunday prime time The host of the program Savik Shuster started primaries pre voting during his other Friday talk show The Freedom with Savik Shuster The co host of the programme was Inter s news anchor Hanna Homonai Pre voting took place in a number of Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv Lviv Yalta Kharkiv Odesa Donetsk Simferopol Nizhyn Mykolaiv Ostroh Chernivtsi and Kamianets Podilskyi Top Ten editOn 11 April 2008 the top 100 of Great Ukrainians were announced The top 10 was to be re voted and the results were shown on 16 May 2008 The final top 10 were 4 Yaroslav I the Wise 978 1054 40 Mykola Amosov 1913 2002 19 88 Stepan Bandera 1909 1959 16 Taras Shevchenko 1814 1861 9 3 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi 1595 1657 4 02 Valeriy Lobanovskyi 1939 2002 3 18 Viacheslav Chornovil 1937 1999 2 63 Hryhoriy Skovoroda 1722 1794 1 73 Lesia Ukrainka 1871 1913 1 64 Ivan Franko 1856 1916 1 49 11 100 edit11 Ivan Mazepa 1639 1709 Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687 1708 12 Roman Shukhevych 1907 1950 politician and military leader 13 Vasyl Stus 1938 1985 poet and journalist 14 Mykhailo Hrushevskyi 1866 1934 academician and historian 15 Vitali Klitschko 1971 politician and former professional boxer and Wladimir Klitschko 1976 professional boxer from 1996 to til 2017 16 Volodymyr I of Kyiv 958 1015 prince and grand prince 17 Serhiy Korolyov 1907 1966 rocket engineer for Soviet Union 18 Mykola Hohol 1809 1852 dramatist 19 Andrey Sheptytskyi 1865 1944 Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 20 Viktor Yushchenko 1954 President of Ukraine 2005 2010 21 Yuliya Tymoshenko 1960 politician and the first woman appointed Prime Minister 22 Oleksandr Dovzhenko 1894 1956 film producer 23 Volodymyr Lenin 1870 1924 communist revolutionary and political theorist 24 Volodymyr Dal 1801 1872 lexicographer 25 Lina Kostenko 1930 poet and writer 26 Symon Petliura 1879 1926 leader of the Ukrainian National Republic 27 Leonid Bykov 1928 1979 actor and film producer 28 Petro Konashevych Sahaidachnyi 1582 1622 military leader 29 Ivan Kotliarevskyi 1769 1838 writer pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature 30 Volodymyr Ivasiuk 1949 1979 songwriter 31 Solomiya Krushelnytska 1872 1952 soprano 32 Nestor Makhno 1888 1934 anarchist revolutionary 33 Andriy Shevchenko 1976 politician former striker for Milan Chelsea and football manager 34 Danylo of Halychyna 1201 1264 king of Ruthenia 35 Serhiy Bubka 1963 former pole vaulter 36 Pylyp Orlyk 1672 1742 Grand Duchy of Lithuania 37 Ivan Kozhedub 1920 1991 military aviator 38 Levko Lukianenko 1927 2018 politician 39 Volodymyr Vernadskyi 1863 1945 founder of geochemistry biogeochemistry and radiogeology 40 Yevhen Konovalets 1891 1938 military commander of the UNR army 41 Mykola Lysenko 1842 1912 composer and pianist 42 Sydir Kovpak 1887 1967 partisan leader in Ukraine 43 Olha of Kyiv 890 969 saint 44 Volodymyr Shcherbytskyi 1918 1990 politician 45 Oleh Antonov 1906 1984 aircraft designer 46 Yevheniy Paton 1870 1953 engineer and Borys Paton 1918 2020 chairman of National Academy of Sciences 47 Bohdan Stupka 1941 2012 actor 48 Yosyf Slipyi 1893 1984 Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 49 Mykhailo Bulhakov 1891 1940 writer 50 Volodymyr Boyko 51 Leonid Kravchuk 1934 2022 First President of Ukraine 52 Petro Mohyla 1596 1647 Metropolitan of Kyiv 53 Ivan Sirko 1605 1680 Ukrainian Cossack military leader 54 Sofiya Rotaru 1947 pop singer 55 Anatoliy Solovianenko 1932 1999 opera singer 56 Oleh Blokhin 1952 football manager 57 Liliya Podkopaieva 1978 former artistic gymnast 58 Volodymyr II Monomakh 1053 1125 Grand Prince of Kievan Rus 59 Mykola Hrynko 1920 1989 actor 60 Nina Matviyenko 1947 singer 61 Ihor Sikorskyi 1889 1972 American aviation pioneer 62 Viktor Yanukovych 1950 politician and fourth President of Ukraine 63 Leonid Brezhnev 1906 1982 General Secretary of the Central Committee 64 Sviatoslav Vakarchuk 1975 lead vocalist of Okean Elzy 65 Illia Repin 1844 1930 realist painter 66 Mariya Zankovetska 1854 1934 theater actress 67 Ivan Mykolaichuk 1941 1987 Soviet actor 68 Vasyl Virastiuk 1974 Former strongman competitor 69 Ivan Pulyui 1845 1918 physicist and inventor 70 Mykola Pyrohov 1810 1881 medical doctor 71 Oles Honchar 1918 1995 writer 72 Vasyl Symonenko 1935 1963 poet and journalist 73 Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi 1864 1913 author 74 Raisa Kyrychenko 75 Nazariy Yaremchuk 1951 1995 singer 76 Ruslana 1973 pop singer 77 Yana Klochkova 1982 swimmer 78 Les Kurbas 1887 1937 Most important theatre director of 20th century in Ukraine 79 Petro Symonenko 1952 politician 80 Kostiantyn Vasyl Ostrozkyi 1526 1608 prince 81 Roksolana 1504 1558 Wife of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent 82 Pavlo Skoropadskyi 1873 1945 state leader 83 Oleksiy Stakhanov 1906 1977 miner known for Stakhanovite movement 84 Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur 1900 1961 folk artist 85 Ivan Bohun Cossack colonel 86 Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi 1918 1970 teacher 87 Anton Makarenko 1888 1939 social worker and educator 88 Petro Kalnyshevskyi 1690 1803 Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host 89 Mykola Vatutin 1901 1944 military commander 90 Oleh Skrypka 1964 musician 91 Ivan Piddubnyi 1871 1949 professional wrestler 92 Illia Mechnikov 1845 1916 zoologist 93 Mykyta Khrushchov 1894 1971 statesman 94 Olena Teliha 1906 1942 poet and activist 95 Oleg Koshevoy 1926 1943 Soviet partisan 96 Ostap Vyshnia 1889 1956 writer humourist 97 Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi 1516 1563 Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks 98 Valentyn Yenevskyi 99 Victor Glushkov 1926 1982 Founder of cybernetics 100 Tomb of the Unknown SoldierGreat Ukrainians series editAn hour long documentary was filmed on each of the top 10 nominees each of them hosted by a celebrity advocate who delivered a passionate argument as to why their choice should be voted the greatest Ukrainian of all The series concluded with a debate on the merits of each selected Ukrainian bringing all of the advocates together to make a final plea to voters No Great Ukrainian Celebrity Supporter 1 Mykola Amosov 1913 2002 Vitaliy Korotych 1936 2 Stepan Bandera 1909 1959 Vakhtang Kipiani 1971 3 Valeriy Lobanovskyi 1939 2002 Leonid Kravchuk 1934 2022 4 Hryhoriy Skovoroda 1722 1794 Ostap Stupka 1967 5 Lesia Ukrainka 1871 1913 Roman Viktiuk 1936 2020 6 Ivan Franko 1856 1916 Sviatoslav Vakarchuk 1975 7 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi 1595 1657 Dmytro Korchynskyi 1964 8 Viacheslav Chornovil 1937 1999 Taras Chornovil 1964 9 Taras Shevchenko 1814 1861 Bohdan Stupka 1941 2012 10 Yaroslav I the Wise 978 1054 Dmytro Tabachnyk 1963 Controversy editManipulations edit The Chief of Great Ukrainians project journalist Vakhtang Kipiani informed the public in his blog that the voting system had been manipulated by unknown persons He stated that a couple of days prior to publishing the results he was aware of a possible win for Yaroslav the Wise Prior to that with a huge lead in first place was the controversial Stepan Bandera For example the winner Yaroslav I received 60 000 votes in one month and almost 550 000 in just one day Mykola Amosov who took second place received almost 150 000 votes in just one day Kipiani said that if these manipulation hadn t taken place Yaroslav would not have won Among other Great Ukrainians for whatever reasons appeared Vladimir Lenin as well as such names like Stakhanov Glushkov and Vatutin Other editions editOther countries have produced similar shows see Greatest Britons spin offsReferences edit Svoboda Radio 29 May 2008 U proekti Veliki Ukrayinci na telekanali Inter peremig knyaz Yaroslav Mudrij Radio Svoboda in Ukrainian Retrieved 23 November 2020 Yaroslav Mudrij Mikola Amosov Stepan Bandera VELIKI UKRAYiNCI zaxid net in Ukrainian 17 May 2008 Retrieved 23 November 2020 Veliki Ukrayinci Yaroslav Mudrij obijshov Banderu unian ua in Ukrainian Retrieved 23 November 2020 Yaroslav the Wise the Greatest Ukrainian of all times Inter TV 19 May 2008 External links editOfficial website of the project Blog of the project in Live Journal Telekritika Hanna Homonay will be co hosting Great Ukrainians Kyiv Post Ukrainians choose their greats in Ukrainian Manipulations in Ukraine in Ukrainian Manipulations in Ukraine II in Ukrainian 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