Kostiantyn Sytnyk
Ukrainian scientist and academician (1926–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk (Ukrainian: Костянтин Меркурійович Ситник; 3 June 1926 – 22 July 2017) was a Ukrainian and Soviet scientist and academician, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine who in 1970-2003 was director of the Botanic Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Sytnyk also worked as a politician, and served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1980 to 1985.
Quick Facts Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, Preceded by ...
Kostiantyn Sytnyk | |
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Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
In office 1980–1985 | |
Preceded by | Mykhailo Bilyi |
Succeeded by | Platon Kostiuk |
Director of the Botanic Institute (NANU) | |
In office 1970–2003 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Oksner |
Succeeded by | Yakiv Didukh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk (1926-06-03)3 June 1926 Luhanske, Luhansk Okruha, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Died | 22 July 2017(2017-07-22) (aged 91) Kyiv, Ukraine |
Political party | Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" |
Other political affiliations | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1982–90) People's Democratic Party (1996–99) |
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Sytnyk was born in Luhansk.