Zinayida Hryshko

Zinayida Mykhailivna Hryshko (; born 23 June 1948) is a Ukrainian zoo technician who is the chair of the board of the Zhdanov collective farm, having held the position since 1975. She organised it into a collective agricultural enterprise, and it was reformed into a LLC Mayak and has overseen development of the local area.

Previously, Hryshko was head technician on the board of the Zhdanova collective farm (today called the agricultural firm Lighthouse) located in the village of Zlatoustovo in 1971. She was a recipient of the Order of Merit, Third Class in 1998 and was titled Hero of Ukraine in 2001.

Early life and education On 23 June 1948, Hryshko was born in the village of , Tetiiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast. She was the daughter of the teacher Lyudmila Leontyevna, who instilled the desire for knowledge in her daughter. From 1966 to 1971, Hryshko studied zootechnics at the . She graduated in 1971. she was appointed head zoo technician in the Board of the Zhdanova collective farm (today called the agricultural firm Lighthouse) located in the village of Zlatoustovo in the Berezivka Raion, Odesa Oblast in February 1971. Hryshko was elected chairman of the board of the Zhdanov collective farm at a general meeting of collective farmers on 8 February 1975 and remains in the position.

Hryshko was a deputy on Odesa Oblast Council and was the head of the Odesa Regional Council of Agricultural Producers. On 19 August 2011, she was awarded the "for significant personal contribution to socio-economic, scientific -technical and cultural and educational development of the Ukrainian state, significant labor achievements and many years of hard work."