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Borys Paton

1918-11-14 – 2020-08-19

Borys Paton, a Soviet and Ukrainian scientist.Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

Life & Legacy

Borys Yevhenovych Paton (Ukrainian: Борис Євгенович Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020) was a Ukrainian scientist and a long-time chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was appointed to this post in 1962 and held it until his death. Paton, like his father Evgeny Paton, was famous for his work in electric welding.

Occupation & Career

metallurgist, engineer, politician, inventor, university teacher, researcher, mechanical engineer

Education

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute; Kyiv Aviation University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Stalin Prize, 3rd degree; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of Honour; Order of the October Revolution; State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology; Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Lomonosov Gold Medal; Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; medal of 25 years of Ukrainian independence; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Lenin Prize; Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize; Order of Merit, 1st class; Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State; Order of Friendship; "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal; Order of Liberty; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class; Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine; Honoured worker in science and technology of the Ukrainian SSR; Order of Cyril and Methodius; Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Order of Friendship of Tajikistan; Dostyk Order of grade II; Order of Francisc Skorina; Order of the Friendship of Peoples; Shohrat Order; UNESCO Albert Einstein Medal; Honoured Inventor of the USSR; Global Energy Prize; Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov Gold Medal; Korolev Gold Medal; Vernadsky medal; honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class; Order "Danaker"; honorary citizen of Kyiv; Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; honorary citizen of Mariupol; honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal · Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize · Dostyk Order of grade II · Global Energy Prize · Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas · Hero of Socialist Labour · Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State · honorary citizen of Kyiv · honorary citizen of Mariupol · Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine · honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv · honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan · Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine · Honoured Inventor of the USSR · Honoured worker in science and technology of the Ukrainian SSR · Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · Korolev Gold Medal · Lenin Prize · Lomonosov Gold Medal · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · medal of 25 years of Ukrainian independence · Order "Danaker" · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class · Order of Cyril and Methodius · Order of Francisc Skorina · Order of Friendship · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of Friendship of Tajikistan · Order of Honour · Order of Lenin · Order of Liberty · Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · Order of Merit, 1st class · Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class · Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class · Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class · Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class · Order of the Friendship of Peoples · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze · Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov Gold Medal · Shohrat Order · Stalin Prize, 3rd degree · State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology · UNESCO Albert Einstein Medal · Vernadsky medal

Employer

E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute · Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 · Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology · National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · Nauka i Zhizn

Organizations & Memberships

Academia Europaea · Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Academy of Sciences of Moldova · Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Bulgarian Academy of Sciences · Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Club of Rome · Georgian National Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences at Berlin · Indian National Science Academy · Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences of Armenia · National Academy of Sciences of Belarus · National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan · National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · Russian Academy of Sciences · Tajik Academy of Sciences