Tetiana Leonidivna Andriienko (27 December 1938 — 27 December 2016) was a Ukrainian

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, conservationist, and professor. She was known for her scientific research on the distribution of vegetation in

Polesia Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...

, which in turn helped create protected wildlife areas. Andriienko was the head of the Interdepartmental Complex Laboratory of Scientific Fundamentals of Protected Areas 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 ...

and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ukraine. She was a

laureate In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory. It is also used for recipients of the Nobel Prize, the Gandhi Peace Award, the Student Peace Prize, and for former music direc ...

of the

State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology The State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology is an annual award given by the President of Ukraine for accomplishments in science and technology. It is given for one of four categories: outstanding scientific research in the humanities, soc ...

(2005), was awarded the

Order of Princess Olga The Order of Princess Olga ( uk, Орден княгині Ольги) is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other ...

and the Silver Leaf Medal of the European Plant Protection Organization "Plant Europe" (Uppsala, Sweden, 1998).

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