Viktor Dukhovny

Viktor Abramovich Dukhovny (20 April 1934 – 14 August 2021 ) was a Soviet and Uzbekistani water engineer and scholar. He played a major role in the development and construction of several large-scale hydraulic projects in Central Asia. Dukhovny supported large-scale hydraulic projects, including the proposed diversion of Siberian rivers to Central Asia in wake of the Aral Sea disaster during the Soviet period, which was later abandoned.

In 1972, he became director of the Scientific Research Institute of Irrigation and Water Problems, then known as the Central Asian Scientific Research Institute of Irrigation (SANIIRI), and oversaw its development into one of the region's leading water research institutions. In 2024, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birth, the SIC ICWC published an edited volume titled "...Ya sluzhil i lyudyam, i vode..." dedicated to his life and work.