Ivan Kyrylovych Maksymenko (Ukrainian: Іван Кирилович Максименко; 23 February 1907 – 31 May 1976)[1] was a Soviet and Ukrainian geneticist, doctor of biological sciences, professor, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (since 1959), and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1965).[2]
Ivan Maksymenko | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ivan Kyrylovych Maksymenko February 23, 1907 |
| Died | May 31, 1976 (aged 69) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour (3x) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geneticist |
Biography
editHe was born on February 23, 1907, in the village of Mykhailivka (now Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast). He received his primary education in Ukraine, then studied in Tashkent, and worked in Turkmen SSR.[3]
Scientific activities
editHis main areas of scientific research were selection and seed production of cotton. He revealed the patterns of hereditary change of cotton plants in remote hybridization and developed methods to accelerate the selection process. For the first time in the USSR, he bred varieties of cotton with naturally dyed fiber, which was a strategic raw material during the German-Soviet war (camouflage made of natural brown and green cotton was not recognizable from the air). He created valuable varieties of fine-fibrous cotton.[4]
Distinctions
edit- Honored Science Worker of the Turkmen SSR
- Honored Agronomist of the Turkmen SSR
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1965) – for high achievements in breeding new varieties of cotton[5]
- Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
- Two Orders of the Badge of Honour
Memorial
editIn recent years he lived and died in Kyiv. His tomb is at Baikove Cemetery (plot No. 33).
References
edit- ^ "Maksimenko, Ivan K. 1907-1976". viaf.org. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ^ Максименко Іван Кирилович. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. ISBN 9789660220744. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Громадське об'єднання "Поступ"". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ "Досье личности - МАКСИМЕНКО Иван Кириллович". persons-info.com. личности (personality). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ^ "Герої Соціалістичної праці". freeoda.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
