Geόrgii Chόrnyi ( uk, Чорний Георгій Петрович; born September 14, 1937, in
Ukraine) is a Ukrainian
aeronautical engineer who was awarded a
State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 2018. He has also written a history of early Ukraine, and received the Mykhailo Chabanivskyi Ukrainian literary Prize in 2015.
Early life
Geόrgii Chόrnyi (''
:uk:Чорний Георгій Петрович'') was born in a peasant family on September 14, 1937, in the Dubόvi Hriády village, on territory of the former Orilian palanka (''
:uk:Орільська паланка'') - one of 10 regions of the Сossack State of Zaporizhzhya. Evidently, his nearest ancestors were
Zaporozhian Cossacks, among which the last name Chόrnyi was most common.
Engineering and scientific activity
Since 1965, he has worked at the State Kyiv design bureau "Luch" (''
:uk:Луч (конструкторське бюро)),'' and has written a book about it. He was awarded order "The Badge of Honour" (1982) and honorary title "Honoured Worker of Ukraine in Science and Technology" (1993) and a State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2018) for his work at the design bureau on rockets and defensive hardware. At the same time, he was associate professor in the
National Aviation University
National Aviation University (NAU; uk, Національний авіаційний університет) is a university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It started in 1933 when the Kyiv Aviation Institute was founded on the basis of the mechanical ...
(2002-2012), and published a textbook ''Автоматизовані системи контролю літальних апаратів'', with the recommendation of Department of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Literary and public activity
He has at the same time studied sources on the
language,
genetics,
history, and
culture of
Ukrainians. The results of his research on linguistic-historical themes were printed in newspapers: "
Holos Ukrayiny
''Holos Ukrayiny'' ( ua, Голос України, lit=Voice of Ukraine), is a Ukrainian daily newspaper published in Kyiv. Laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are published in Holos Ukrayiny whem they come into force the next day.
Hi ...
", "Vechirnii Kyiv", "Khreshchatic"'','' "
Ukrayina moloda", "Literaturna Ukrayina", and others. Against the resistance of the Kyiv municipal administration, but with public support, he brought about the naming of a new metro station by the
annalistic name "Dorohόzhichy", and as a result of that got from journalists the honorary title: "godfather" of the name "Dorohόzhichy". Results of his researches about early prehistoric
Kyiv and the historical way of the
Ukrainians, became the basis for his book ''Київ досвітній'' (2014), for which he was awarded the title of Laureate of the Ukrainian literary Prize of the name of Mykhajlo Chabanivskyi. The publishing house "Glagoslav Publications" (Great Britain) published his e-book ''Стародавня Україна і ранній Київ'' in 2016,
[Чорний, Георгій (2016). ''Стародавня Україна і ранній Київ'' hornyi, Georgii (2016) ''Ancient Ukraine and early Kyiv'' Glagoslav Publications,London. - 142 p.(Ukrainian)]
Retrieved on 19 October 2018 intended for the readers in the
Ukrainian diaspora.
References
External links
* Гай, Наталка. "Таємниці прадавнього Києва".
ai, Natalka. "The mysteries of the ancient Kyiv" ''Khreshchatic'', Kyiv, 6 November 2014.
(Ukrainian) Retrieved on 15 October 2018.
* Дикань, Костянтин. "Ківі, Кіфа, Кіафа, Кіаса …І це все — Київ".
ikan, Kostjantin. "Kivi, Kifa, Kiafa, Kiasa … And all this – Kyiv" ''Ukraina moloda,'' Kyiv, 9 September 2015.
(Ukrainian)
Retrieved on 15 October 2018.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2_gOIYir7M. Книга Георгія Чорного "Київ досвітній" he book ''Kyiv at dawn'' by Georgii Chornyismall>(Ukrainian).Retrieved on 21 October 2018.
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1937 births
Living people
21st-century Ukrainian historians
20th-century Ukrainian engineers
National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute alumni
Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology