Valentyn Zghursky

Valentyn Arsentiyovych Zghursky (Валентин Арсентійович Згурський) was a head of the Executive Committee of the Kiev 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 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.

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, First Class)
 * Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (2000, Third Class)
 * Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2007, Fifth Class)
 * Order of Merit (1997, Third Class)
 * Order For Courage (1999, Third Class)
 * State prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology