In Vienna, the remarkable Ukrainian Ivan Puluj was honored and remembered for his significant contributions.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Embassy in Austria shared this information on Facebook.
1 During the commemorative event, Doctor of Philology, Deputy Director for Research at the Ivan Franko Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Alla Shvets, shared fascinating facts about the life of Ivan Puluj. In particular, she reminded attendees of his contribution to the translation of the Bible into Ukrainian alongside Panteleimon Kulish and Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky.
2 Representative of the "Mriya" organization, Mykhailo Kariotі, presented an interactive talk about Ivan Puluj and his friends, as well as conducted an additional tour of historical sites in Vienna connected to the scientist's life.
3 Representatives of the Austrian-Ukrainian Society narrated the history of the establishment of the memorial plaque for Ivan Puluj and Panteleimon Kulish on Schkodagasse Street.
Students from the 9-V class of the Ukrainian Saturday School in Vienna and students from the Ternopil National Technical University named after Ivan Puluj participated in the event, gaining further insight into the legacy of this prominent Ukrainian figure.
4 The embassy expressed gratitude to all participants for their attention to Ukrainian historical figures.
5 The relief plaque on the building in Vienna, where Panteleimon Kulish and Ivan Puluj lived in 1870 while working on the first translation of the Bible into Ukrainian, was unveiled on April 30, 1998, with the support of the Austrian-Ukrainian Society.
Ivan Pavlovich Puluj (February 2, 1845, the town of Hrymayliv, now a village in the Chortkiv district – January 31, 1918, Prague) was a Ukrainian Austro-Hungarian physicist and electrical engineer, inventor, science organizer, publicist, translator of the Bible into Ukrainian, and social activist. He established fundamental properties and the nature of cathode and X-rays.
He served as a professor and rector at the German Technical University in Prague, and was a state advisor on electrical engineering for the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Margraviate of Moravia. He was one of the first full members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (since 1899) and an honorary member of the Vienna Electrical Engineering Society.
He was the first developer of the X-ray tube, which served as a prototype for modern X-ray machines.
It is worth noting that Ukrainian and Polish diplomats, together with the president of the Pan-European Movement in Austria, Reinhard Kloucek, and activists from the Ukrainian community, honored the memory of Ukrainian Cossacks who participated in the liberation of Vienna from the Turkish siege in 1683.
Photo: the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Austria / Facebook