Volodymyr Antonovych was a prominent Ukrainian historian, archivist and archaeologist, who was known as one of the most prominent figures of the Ukrainian national revival movement in the Russian Empire. Antonovych was a longtime Professor of Russian history at Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev and a correspondent-member of the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences. His main work was an edition of the eight-section Archives of South-Western Russia.
Volodymyr Arenev is a pen name of Ukrainian science fiction, fantasy award-winning writer, journalist and screenwriter Volodymyr Puziy. Writes in Russian and Ukrainian languages, resides in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk was a Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer of the widely popular song "Chervona Ruta" popularized by Sofia Rotaru in 1971, and later covered by other singers.
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006, he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012. From 1994 to 1999, Lytvyn was the aide to President Leonid Kuchma and, later, the head of his office.
Volodymyr Malyk was a Soviet-Ukrainian writer. Also known as a literary critic, he wrote reviews of the works of Ukrainian prose writers; published the book "Oles Donchenko" (1971) - about the life and work of the famous children's writer Oles Donchenko.
Volodymyr Pavlovych Naumenko was a well known pedagogue and public figure in the city of Kyiv as well as a good publicist. Upon the establishment of the Central Council of Ukraine for couple of weeks he served as its chairman until Mykhailo Hrushevsky returned from his exile. Later Naumenko also was appointed as a minister of education. He was executed by the Cheka for "counter-revolutionary activity".
Vladimir Valerianovich Podvysotsky or Volodymyr Valerianovych Pidvysotskyi was a Ukrainian pathologist, endocrinologist, immunologist and microbiologist.
Volodymyr Polovets is a former Soviet communist official and Ukrainian historian. He is a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a professor of the Chernihiv Collegium. He claims to be of Cuman descent.
