Valery Babich () (born January 27, 1941) is a Ukrainian writer, ethnographer and journalist. Until 1991 was an engineer

shipbuilder Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...

, head of the design bureau at Department of chief designer of

Black Sea Shipyard The Black Sea Shipyard (; ) was a shipbuilding facility in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on the southern tip of the Mykolaiv peninsula. It was founded in 1895 by Belgian interests and began building warships in 1901. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, ...

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering carrier-based aircraft, shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the ...

s and S.U. ground complex testing of

naval aviation Naval aviation / Aeronaval is the application of Military aviation, military air power by Navy, navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. It often involves ''navalised aircraft'', specifically designed for naval use. Seab ...

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. In the late 1990s, he began publishing articles on the history of the construction of aircraft-carrying ships, and in 2003 his first book, “Our Aircraft Carriers,” was published.

Life

Born in

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

Valery Babich moved to

with his parents in 1950. In 1955 he entered the Shipbuilding Nikolaev College, which graduated in 1959. After graduating from college, Babich worked from 1959 to 1962 as an electrician at the Shipyard named after 61 Communards.

Shipbuilding

In 1967, Valery Babich finished Mykolayiv Shipbuilding Institute. After graduation assigned to work to chief designer department of

. He took part in the work of the weapons complexes of

helicopter carrier A helicopter carrier is a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters. It has a large flight deck that occupies a substantial part of the deck, which can extend the full length of the ship like of the Royal Navy (RN ...

s '' Moskva'' and ''

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

''. Later during 1970–1991 he worked on the construction of all soviet

s: ''

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

'' (1970–1975), ''

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

'' (1976–1978), ''

Novorossiysk Novorossiysk (, ; ) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities designated by the Soviet Union as a Hero City. The population was History In antiquity, the shores of the ...

'', ''

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

'', ''

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

'', '' Varyag'' and ''

Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk,, , known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO Ci ...

'' (1979–1991).

Literary creativity

Valery Babich engaged in literary and journalistic activities since 2000. He is a Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Writers' Union of Russia, winner of the regional competition of Mykolaiv media ProMedia (2002) awards Golden Pen (2006) and named after Mykola Arkas (2012). Selected bibliography: * Our aircraft carriers (2003)

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: ''Наши авианосцы''. * The city of Saint Nicholas and his aircraft carriers (2009) ''Город Святого Николая и его авианосцы''. * Lords of the Oceans (2017) ''Властелины океанов''. * Journalists of the city of St. Nicholas. History and destiny (2011) ''Журналисты города святого Николая. История и судьбы''

External links

*
Russian Navy in need of rapid modernisation
Russian & Indian Report. November 24, 2012.
Future of Ukrainian Shipbuilding Directly Depends on Russia
Russian Navy. November 2, 2012.

About books of Valery Babich. Online ''Our aircraft carriers''. *
Nikolaev: the remains of the former greatness of an era of shipbuilding
Website NikLife. April 4, 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Babich, Valery 1941 births Living people Writers from Mykolaiv Shipbuilders Ukrainian writers in Russian