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Vitalii Satskyi

Soviet and Ukrainian businessman and politician (1930–2017)

Vitaliy Antonovych Satskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Антонович Сацький; 22 April 1930 – 26 October 2017) was a Soviet and Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as director of Zaporizhstal from 1986 to 2012 and as a People's Deputy of Ukraine for Zavodskyi District, Zaporizhzhia from 1990 to 1994.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Vitalii Satskyi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 22, 1930, died Oct 26, 2017.¹

Companies

ZaporizhstalChief executive officer 1986 to 2012¹⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedNational Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine³

Career

Occupation: People's Deputy of Ukraine, metallurgist.⁸

1990 to 1994People's Deputy of Ukraine^{6 7}
1986 to 2012Chief executive, Zaporizhstal⁵
1986 to 2012Président-directeur général⁶
Date not recordedWorked at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih⁴

Satskyi was born on 22 April 1930 in the village of Chubarivka (today Polohy), and joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1950. In 1954, he graduated a technological faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (today the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine) as metallurgical engineer.

In 1954 to 1980 he worked at the leading metal producing factory in Ukraine Kryvorizhstal 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 (Ukrainian: Всесоюзний науково-дослідницький проектно-конструкторський технологічний інститут механізованої праці в чорній металургії) in Dnipropetrovsk or briefly Mekhchormet (Ukrainian: Мехчормет) and in 1983-1986 he was a chief of the Ukrmetalurhprom (Ukrainian: Укрметалургпром, Ukrainian Metallurgy).

From 1986 to 2012, Satskyi was director of Zaporizhstal. He was elected in the 1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election from Zavodskyi District, Zaporizhzhia, placing first among eight candidates. He left the CPSU in 1991. 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.

On 26 October 2017 he died after an after prolonged illness. At time of death, Satskyi was on the Forbes list of the most rich people in Ukraine with his assets estimated at $128 million.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vitalii Satskyi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornApr 22, 1930, Polohy⁹
DiedOct 26, 2017, Zaporizhzhia¹⁰
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Ukraine¹¹

Awards

2001State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology^{12 14}
1993Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine^{12 13}
1970State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology¹²
Date not recordedHero of Ukraine, Order of the State¹²
Date not recordedHero of Ukraine¹²
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹²
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹²
Date not recordedMedal "Veteran of Labour"¹²
Date not recordedOrder of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class¹²
Date not recordedOrder of Merit, 1st class¹²

More awards (3)

Date not recordedOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class¹²
Date not recordedOrder of the Badge of Honour¹²
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour¹²

Sources

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WikidataVitalii Satskyi on Wikidata
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WikipediaVitalii Satskyi on Wikipedia
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: Worked at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: Chief executive, Zaporizhstal, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: Président-directeur général, on Wikidata
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WikidataPeople's Deputy of Ukraine, as reported
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataVitalii Satskyi: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataZaporizhstal, Chief executive officer
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Wikimedia CommonsVitalii Satskyi photo by Верховна Рада України, Attribution