Vira Naydyonova

Vira Opanasivna Naydyonova (; 5 August 1948 – 30 April 2016) was a Ukrainian industrialist and manager who directed the middle-class state research farm Askaniyske from 1985 to 2016 and oversaw its development. Before that, she was an accountant and cashier at Tavrychan Village Council in Kakhovka and was chair of Tavrychanka's village council executive committee council of people's deputies. Naydyonova chaired the Askani Fleece State Research and Production Association of the Southern Region, which includes the Askaniyske Research Farm, from 2001 to 2016. She was a recipient of honorary awards such as the Order of Princess Olga and the Hero of Ukraine.

Early life and education On 5 August 1948, Naydyonova was born in the village of in the Kherson Oblast, Kakhovka Raion. Her mother was a kindergarten teacher and an election commission leader. Naydyonova liked studying history, geometry, mathematics and Ukrainian. Naydyonova's major was in economics, This led the farm to become one of the best in the Kherson Oblast and of the system. She received the Order of Princess Olga, Third Class from Leonid Kuchma on 19 August 1998 "For a significant personal contribution to the formation of Ukrainian statehood, merits in the socio-economic, scientific, technical and cultural development of Ukraine and on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of Ukraine's independence".

She was upgraded to Order of Princess Olga, Second Class by Kuchma on 21 August 2001 "For significant personal contribution to the socio-economic and cultural development of Ukraine, significant labor achievements and on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence". In 2002, Naydyonova was made an Honorary Academician of the Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. Naydoyonova was also a recipient of the . She was an Honorary Professor of Kherson State University and was a member of the university's supervisory board.