Valentyn Zghursky | |
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| Валентин Згурський | |
| Head of the Executive Committee of the Kyiv 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 Kyiv City Council) and Arnold Nazarchuk (Head of the Kyiv City Council) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 9, 1927 Birzula, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | October 24, 2014 (aged 87) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
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Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky (Ukrainian: Валентин Арсентійович Згурський) was a head of the executive committee of the Kyiv City Council.
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 Kyiv making there a career and eventually becoming its general director (1973-1979). Radiopribor was also known as the Korolyov Production Union.
After dissolution of the Soviet Union, Radiopribor was transformed into a Meridian Factory in 1994.[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, 1st class)
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (2000, 3rd class)
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2007, 5th class)
- Order of Merit (1997, 3rd class)
- Order for Courage (1999, 3rd 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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