Ivan Maksimenko

Ivan Kirillovich Maksimenko (born on February 23, 1907 - May 31, 1976,[1]) was a geneticist, doctor of biological sciences, professor, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic (since 1959), and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1965).[2]

Ivan Kirillovich Maksimenko
Іван Кирилович Максименко
Born23 February 1907 (1907-02-23)
Mykhailivka, Ukraine
Died31 May 1976 (1976-06-01) (aged 69)
Kyiv
Children1
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner (3x)
Scientific career
FieldsGeneticist

Biography

He was born on February 23, 1907, in the village of Mykhailivka (now Kamyansky district of Cherkasy Oblast). He received his primary education in Ukraine, then studied in Tashkent, and worked in Turkmenistan.[3]

Scientific activities

His 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-fibous cotton.[4]

Distinctions

Memorial

In recent years he lived and died in Kyiv. His tomb is at Baikove Cemetery (plot No. 33).[6]

References
  1. "Maksimenko, Ivan K. 1907-1976". viaf.org. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  2. "Максименко Іван Кирилович". esu.com.ua. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  3. "Громадське об'єднання "Поступ"". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  4. "Досье личности - МАКСИМЕНКО Иван Кириллович". persons-info.com. личности (personality). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  5. "Герої Соціалістичної праці". freeoda.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. "Ivan Kirillovich Maksimenko". findagrave.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
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