Valentyn Zghursky

Valentyn Zghursky
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	(1927-02-09)February 9, 1927 Birzula, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	October 24, 2014(2014-10-24) (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.

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

• Viktor Medvedchuk
• Hryhoriy Surkis
• Ihor Surkis
• Kyiv Seven

External links

• Kalnytsky, M. Participant of remarkable events. "Evening Kyiv". 30 October 2014