Valentyn Zghursky Валентин Згурський |
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Head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council | |
In office November 1, 1979 – January 17, 1990 |
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Preceded by | Volodymyr Husiev |
Succeeded by | Mykola Lavrukhin (Head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council) and Arnold Nazarchuk (Head of the Kiev City Council) |
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Born |
Birzula, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
February 9, 1927
Died | October 24, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine |
(aged 87)
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Communist Party of Ukraine (1946-1990) |
Alma mater | Kiev Polytechnic Institute |
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Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky (Ukrainian: Валентин Арсентійович Згурський) was a head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev City Council.
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 Kiev making there a career and eventually becoming its general director (1973-1979). Radiopribor was also known as the Korolyov Production Union.
After fall of the Soviet Union in 1994 Radiopribor was transformed into Meridian Factory.