Valentyn Zghursky

Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky was a head of the executive committee of the Kyiv City Council.

Biography During World War II as a teenager he worked on Soviet railways. After graduating the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1954 as an electrical engineer, in 1950s-1970s Zghursky worked at the Soviet Defense company "Radiopribor" (Radio Instrument) in Kyiv making there a career and eventually becoming its general director (1973-1979). Radiopribor was also known as the Korolyov Production Union.

After dissolution of the Soviet Union, Radiopribor was transformed into a Meridian Factory in 1994.

Honours and awards Hero of Socialist Labour (1981) Order of Lenin (1981, 1986) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966, 1971) Order of the October Revolution (1976) Order of the Patriotic War (1985, 1st class) Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (2000, 3rd class) Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2007, 5th class) Order of Merit (1997, 3rd class) Order for Courage (1999, 3rd class) State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology