Pavlyna Shapovalenko

Pavlyna Shapovalenko (; 11 September 1949 – 27 April 2020) was a Ukrainian milk machine operator who worked in Tiachiv later the Sumy Raion. She worked on state farms during her life and worked to maximise productivity of the animals on the farm and collected a large amount of milk from cows. Shapovalenko received the government issued Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1973, the Order of Lenin in 1977, and was made a Hero of Ukraine in 2001.

Biography On 11 September 1949, Shapovalenko was born in the village of , in the district of Tiachiv, Zakarpattia Oblast. She graduated from the Vonigiv eight-year school in 1964. During this time, she became well known in the local area and achieved the record of becoming the first milkmaid to extract of milk from a single cow per year. Shapovalenko would later work on the Verkhovyna state farm in the Vonihiv branch between 1966 and 1969.

During her life, she had collected approximately of milk. On three occasions, she was elected to serve as a deputy on the regional council. Upon her retiring, Shapovlaneko opened a school for milkmaids, and attracts breeders from not just the Sumy Raion but also from other neighbouring districts and obalsts. She was the organiser and honorary president of a club called six thousand. She was married to the animal husbandry worker Mikhail Ivanovich, with whom she had two children. Shapovalenko died on 27 April 2020 and was buried in the village of Velyki Vilmy.