Kostiantyn Sytnyk

Ukrainian scientist and academician (1926–2017)

Kostiantyn Sytnyk


Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Mykhailo Bilyi
Succeeded by	Platon Kostiuk
Director of the Botanic Institute (NANU)
In office 1970–2003
Preceded by	Alfred Oksner
Succeeded by	Yakiv Didukh

Personal details
Born	Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk (1926-06-03)3 June 1926 Luhanske, Luhansk Okruha, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	22 July 2017(2017-07-22) (aged 91) Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party	Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
Other political affiliations	All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1982–90) People's Democratic Party (1996–99)

Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk (Ukrainian: Костянтин Меркурійович Ситник; 3 June 1926 – 22 July 2017) was a Ukrainian and Soviet scientist and academician, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine who in 1970-2003 was director of the Botanic Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Sytnyk also worked as a politician, and served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1980 to 1985.

Sytnyk was born in Luhansk.

External links

Profile at the NANU Botanic Institute
Full biography

Political offices
Preceded by Mykhailo Bilyi	Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada 1980-1985	Succeeded by Platon Kostiuk

Verkhovna Rada

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (1937–1941, 1947–1991)

Main topics

Parliamentary elections

1918
1938
1947
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1980
1985
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2007
2012
2014
2019
Next

Members

Ukraine	1st members, 1990–94 2nd members, 1994–98 3rd members, 1998–2002 4th members, 2002–06 5th members, 2006-07 6th members, 2007–12 7th members, 2012–14 8th members, 2014–19 9th members, 2019–23
Ukrainian SSR	1st members, 1938–1947 2nd members, 1947–1951 3rd members, 1951–1955 4th members, 1955–1959 5th members, 1959–1963 6th members, 1963–1967 7th members, 1967–1971 8th members, 1971–1975 9th members, 1975–1980 10th members, 1980–1985 11th members, 1985–1990

List of chairmen

Ukraine	Ivan Plyushch Oleksandr Moroz Oleksandr Tkachenko Ivan Plyushch Volodymyr Lytvyn Oleksandr Moroz Arseniy Yatsenyuk Oleksandr Lavrynovych (acting) Volodymyr Lytvyn Volodymyr Rybak Oleksandr Turchynov Volodymyr Groysman Andriy Parubiy Dmytro Razumkov Ruslan Stefanchuk
Ukrainian SSR	Mykhailo Burmystenko Oleksandr Korniychuk Pavlo Tychyna Oleksandr Korniychuk Mykhailo Bilyi Kostiantyn Sytnyk Platon Kostiuk Volodymyr Ivashko Leonid Kravchuk
Presidium	Leonid Korniets Mykhailo Hrechukha Demyan Korotchenko Oleksandr Lyashko Ivan Hrushetsky Oleksiy Vatchenko Valentyna Shevchenko Volodymyr Ivashko Leonid Kravchuk Ivan Plyushch Oleksandr Moroz