Mykhailo Bilyi

Mykhailo Ulyanovych Bilyi (; 12 November 1922 – 5 August 2001) was a Ukrainian and Soviet physicist and politician, who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1972 to 1980. Since 1969 he was a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (then the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR).

Biography Mykhailo Bilyi was born on 12 November 1922 in the village of Moskali that today is located in Chernihiv Raion, Northern Ukraine into a peasant family. After graduating from primary school, he served in the Red Army, and served during World War II within the Transcaucasian Military District. However, he was wounded and had to be treated in Baku in May 1943, and thereafter did not return to military service. During this time, he became a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He then became Rector of Kyiv University, a position he held for 15 years until 1985.