Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko (russian: link=no, Анатолий Григорьевич Лысенко; 14 April 1937 – 20 June 2021) was a Soviet and Russian television figure, journalist, director, producer.

Honored Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

, laureate of the

State Prize of the USSR The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

. On 18 July 2012 he was appointed general director of

Public Television of Russia Public Television of Russia (OTR, russian: Общественное Телевидение России, ОТР, Obshchestvennoye Televideniye Rossii) is a Russian television station, which started broadcasting on 19 May 2013. History On 17 Apr ...

Early life

Lysenko was born on 14 April 1937, in

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. ...

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. The family moved to Moscow five days after his birth and Lysenko learned to read at the age of three. His father served there as deputy head of a rail line. After he was expelled from school in 9th grade, he independently prepared for exams in the reading room of the

Lenin Library The Russian State Library (russian: Российская государственная библиотека, Rossiyskaya gosudarstvennaya biblioteka) is one of the three national libraries of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest librar ...

; he passed six subjects with excellent marks. During his school years he was fond of chemistry. In one chemistry experiment, his flask exploded, scarring Lysenko's face and causing him to lose sight for over a month. In 1960, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers, after which he graduated from the .

Career

Since 1987, Lysenko directed '' Vzglyad'', which in many ways changed both Soviet television and the atmosphere in the country. He was a member of the council for the award of the Russian Government's media awards since 2013.

Personal life

Lysenko's wife, Valentina Efimovna Lysenko (born 1943), is an engineer. Their daughter (born 1970), is a doctor. Their son, Viktor Lysenko, is an international journalist.

Death

Lysenko died on 20 June 2021 "after a long illness" and complications from COVID-19. A memorial ceremony took place at the

Ostankino Technical Center Ostankino Television Technical Center (russian: Телевизионный технический центр Оста́нкино Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

Awards

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1978) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

(1996) * Medal in Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow (1997) *

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(1999) *

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

3rd class (2011), 4th class (2006) *Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2014 in the field of mass media for personal contribution to the development of the mass media * Order of Honour (2016)

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1937 births 2021 deaths People from Vinnytsia Soviet directors Russian directors Soviet television presenters Russian television presenters Russian producers Russian media executives Soviet journalists Russian television journalists Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the USSR State Prize Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics Russian people of Ukrainian descent Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{USSR-bio-stub