Kostiantyn Sytnyk
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.
| 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 3 June 1926 Luhanske, Luhansk Okruha, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | 
| Died | 22 July 2017 (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) | 
Sytnyk was born in Luhansk.
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