Valentyn Zghursky
Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky (Ukrainian: Валентин Арсентійович Згурський) was a head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council.
Valentyn Zghursky Валентин Згурський | |
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| Head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council | |
| In office November 1, 1979 – January 17, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Husiev |
| Succeeded by | Mykola Lavrukhin (Head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council) and Arnold Nazarchuk (Head of the Kiev City Council) |
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| Born | February 9, 1927 Birzula, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | October 24, 2014 (aged 87) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of Ukraine (1946-1990) |
| Alma mater | Kiev Polytechnic Institute |
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Biography
During World War II as a teenager he worked on Soviet railways. After graduating the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1954 as an electrical engineer, in 1950s-1970s Zghursky worked at the Soviet Defense company "Radiopribor" (Radio Instrument) in Kiev making there a career and eventually becoming its general director (1973-1979). Radiopribor was also known as the Korolyov Production Union.
After fall of the Soviet Union in 1994 Radiopribor was transformed into Meridian Factory.[1]
Honours and awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1981)
- Order of Lenin (1981, 1986)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966, 1971)
- Order of the October Revolution (1976)
- Order of the Patriotic War (1985, First Class)
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (2000, Third Class)
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2007, Fifth Class)
- Order of Merit (1997, Third Class)
- Order For Courage (1999, Third Class)
- State prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
See also
References
- Meridian Factory workers request to return stolen social guarantees. Gazette in Ukrainian. 22 April 2007
External links
- Kalnytsky, M. Participant of remarkable events. "Evening Kyiv". 30 October 2014
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