Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko (russian: link=no, Анатолий Григорьевич Лысенко; 14 April 1937 – 20 June 2021) was a Soviet and Russian television figure, journalist, director, producer.
Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the
State Prize of the USSR. On 18 July 2012 he was appointed general director of
Public Television of Russia.
Early life
Lysenko was born on 14 April 1937, in
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug.
It is the Capital city, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region o ...
,
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
,
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
. The family moved to Moscow five days after his birth and Lysenko learned to read at the age of three. His father served there as deputy head of a rail line. After he was expelled from school in 9th grade, he independently prepared for exams in the reading room of the
Lenin Library; he passed six subjects with excellent marks.
During his school years he was fond of chemistry. In one chemistry experiment, his flask exploded, scarring Lysenko's face and causing him to lose sight for over a month. In 1960, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the
Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers, after which he graduated from the .
Career
Since 1987, Lysenko directed ''
Vzglyad'', which in many ways changed both Soviet television and the atmosphere in the country. He was a member of the council for the award of the
Russian Government's media awards since 2013.
Personal life
Lysenko's wife, Valentina Efimovna Lysenko (born 1943), is an engineer. Their daughter (born 1970), is a doctor. Their son, Viktor Lysenko, is an international journalist.
Death
Lysenko died on 20 June 2021 "after a long illness" and complications from COVID-19. A memorial ceremony took place at the
Ostankino Technical Center on 23 June, after which Lysenko was buried in
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...
.
Awards
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USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
(1978)
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Order of Friendship (1996)
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Medal in Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow (1997)
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Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)
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Order For Merit to the Fatherland 3rd class (2011), 4th class (2006)
*Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2014 in the field of mass media for personal contribution to the development of the mass media
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Order of Honour (2016)
References
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Досье ТАСС
1937 births
2021 deaths
People from Vinnytsia
Soviet directors
Russian directors
Soviet television presenters
Russian television presenters
Russian producers
Russian media executives
Soviet journalists
Russian television journalists
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics
Russian people of Ukrainian descent
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
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