Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk ( uk, Костянтин Меркурійович Ситник; 3 June 1926 – 22 July 2017) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and

Soviet 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 nation ...

scientist and academician, a member of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

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 The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Голова Верховної Ради України, Holova Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy) is the presiding officer of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The chairman presides ...

of the

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

from 1980 to 1985. Sytnyk was born in

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

External links

Profile
at the NANU Botanic Institute

1926 births 2017 deaths People from Luhansk Ukrainian botanists Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) politicians People's Democratic Party (Ukraine) politicians Republican Platform politicians Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Soviet leaders of Ukraine Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology Laureates of the Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine {{Ukraine-scientist-stub