Vitaliy Antonovych Satskyi (; 22 April 1930 – 26 October 2017) was a Ukrainian politician, director of Zaporizhstal, former metallurgist. He was a member of the Academy of Mining Sciences of Ukraine (1993), the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Career

Born in village of Chubarivka (today

Polohy Polohy (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Polohy urban hromada and Polohy Raion within the oblast. Population: It is a significant railway junction. Since Mar ...

), in 1954 Satskyi graduated a technological faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (today the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine) as engineer-metallurgist. In 1954 to 1980 he worked at the leading metal producing factory in Ukraine

Kryvorizhstal ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (former Kryvorizhstal; ) is Ukraine's largest integrated steel company, founded in 1934 and located in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. The steel plant is one of the most important Ukrainian companies and a globally impo ...

starting from engineer-roller of rolling shop and secretary of the factory's Komsomol Committee to chief engineer and deputy director of Kryvorizhstal in 1968. In 1980-1983 Satskyi was a director of the All-Union Research and Development Design Institute of Mechanized Labor in Ferrous Metallurgy () in Dnipropetrovsk or briefly Mekhchormet () and in 1983-1986 he was a chief of th
Ukrmetalurhprom
(, Ukrainian Metallurgy). In 1986-2012 Satskyi was a director of Zaporizhstal and in 1990-1994 a

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. On 18 March 1990 he was elected at the Zavodskyi electoral district (#180) of

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

city among eight runners. In 1950-1991 Satskyi was a member of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

. On 26 October 2017 he died after an after prolonged illness.The former director of Zaporizhstal, Vitaly Satsky, passed away (Ушел из жизни экс-директор "Запорожстали" Виталий Сацкий)
Zaporizhia city portal 061. 26 October 2017 At time of death, Satskyi was on the Forbes list of the most rich people in Ukraine with his assets estimated at $128 million.

Awards

* Laureate of the State Prize of UkrSSR in Science and Technology (1970)Buzalo, V.
Vitaliy Satskyi
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. * Merited Metallurgist of Ukraine (1975) *

Hero of Ukraine A Hero of Ukraine (HOU; ) is the highest national decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the president of Ukraine. The decoration was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma. As of 6 June 2025, the total number of re ...

(1999) * Laureate of the

State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

(2001) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

(1966) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1971) * Full cavalier of the

Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...

(all three degrees 1993–2005) * Order of State (1999) *

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise () is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, develop ...

(5th degree, 2009)

References

External links

* Buzalo, V.
Vitaliy Satskyi
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. * Shykhanov, R.
Vitaliy Satskyi
'. Famous Zaporizhians (Slavetni Zaporizhtsi).
Vitaliy Satskyi
at Forbes-Ukraine
Vitaliy Satskyi
National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. "Lohos-Ukrayina Publishing". Kyiv, 2015

at

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