Great Ukrainians: the final top 10 of the 2008 TV poll
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Yaroslav the Wise · Mykola Amosov · Stepan Bandera. (Updated Sep 5, 2026.)
Yaroslav the Wise, Mykola Amosov and Stepan Bandera: the final top 10 of the Inter TV project Velyki Ukraintsi (2008), with each one's share of the vote in the final round of 16 May 2008. The project's head, Vakhtang Kipiani, later said the voting had been manipulated.
Automatically translated (original in Українська). See the original
Top 10
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1
Yaroslav the Wise
978–1054, Grand Prince of Kyiv. 40% of the final vote.
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2
Mykola Amosov
1913–2002, heart surgeon. 19.88% of the final vote.
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3
Stepan Bandera
1909–1959, leader of the OUN nationalist movement. 16% of the final vote.
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4
Taras Shevchenko
1814–1861, poet and painter. 9.3% of the final vote.
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5
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
1595–1657, Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host. 4.02% of the final vote.
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6
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
1939–2002, football coach. 3.18% of the final vote.
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7
Viacheslav Chornovil
1937–1999, politician and dissident. 2.63% of the final vote.
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8
Hryhoriy Skovoroda
1722–1794, philosopher and poet. 1.73% of the final vote.
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9
Lesya Ukrainka
1871–1913, poet and playwright. 1.64% of the final vote.
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10
Ivan Franko
1856–1916, writer and thinker. 1.49% of the final vote.
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