Aleksandra Shevchenko
Aleksandra Shevchenko | |
|---|---|
Олександра Шевченко | |
| Born | Aleksandra Fedorivna Shevchenko 16 April 1926 |
| Died | December 2000 (age 74) |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1944–1992 |
| Awards | |
Aleksandra Fedorivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Олександра Федорівна Шевченко; 16 April 1926 – December 2000) was a Ukrainian scientist-zootechnician and milkmaid. She worked on the "Memory of Lenin" collective farm, the Rzhyshchiv Machine and Tractor Station and the Dimitrov collective farm (later the Dnepr collective farm). Shevchenko was an elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. She was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Medal "For Labour Valour", the Order of the October Revolution and the title of Hero of Socialist Labour.
Biography
[edit]Shevchenko was born into a family of farmers in the village of Verhuny, Cherkasy Okruha, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 16 April 1926.[1][2] Starting in 1944, she began working on farms in the Cherkasy and Kyiv oblasts.[3] Shevchenko worked on the "Memory of Lenin" collective farm, Cherkasy District as a team leader between 1944 and 1950.[4] She graduated from the Kyiv Secondary Agricultural School with an agronomy degree in 1953.[2] Shevchenko worked as an agronomist at the Rzhyshchiv Machine and Tractor Station (MTS), Kyiv Oblast from 1953 to 1955.[2]
Between 1955 and 1958, she was an agronomist at the Dimitrov collective farm (later the Dnepr collective farm), Rzhyshchiv Volost.[4] From 1958 to 1959, Shevchenko was secretary of the executive committee of the Strizhovsky Village Council of workers' deputies in the Rzhyshchiv Volost. She began working at the Buchansky state farm, Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion as a milkmaid in November 1959.[4] Shevechenko stopped working as a milkmaid at the farm in 1967.[3] She was appointed livestock specialist at the farm and worked in the role from 1967 to 1968.[3] From 1968 to 1981, Shevechenko was head of the farm's livestock workshop.[2] She graduated from the Faculty of Animal Science of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy in 1969.[5]
Shevchenko joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1954.[1][3] She was a delegate to the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th) from 1961 to 1981. Shevchenko was an elected deputy of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth convocations of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic between 1963 and 1979.[2] She was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1981.[1][3] Shevchenko died in December 2000.[6]
Recognition
[edit]She was presented with the Order of Lenin on 22 June 1948 and 24 June 1949 and the Medal "For Labour Valour" on 26 April 1963.[2] Shevchenko was conferred the title of Hero of Socialist Labour with the Order of Lenin and the "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union on 22 March 1966. She was awarded the Order of the October Revolution on 8 April 1971.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Petrenko, M. N. "Шевченко" [Shevchenko]. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Osovik, Kirill. "Шевченко Александра Фёдоровна" [Alexandra Fyodorovna Shevchenko] (in Russian). Heroes of the Country. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Goryachev, Yuri Vasilyevich (21 October 2013). "Шевченко Александра Фёдоровна [__.__.1926] {род.1926г.}" [Shevchenko, Aleksandra Fyodorovna [__.__.1926] {born 1926}]. Central Committee of the CPSU, CPSU (b), RCP (b), RSDLP (b) 1917-1991: A Historical and Biographical Reference Guide (in Russian). Publishing house "Parade". ISBN 978-5-8061-0062-8. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 Shaumyan, Lev, ed. (4 August 1996). "Шевченко, Александра Федоровна" [Shevchenko, Alexandra Fyodorovna]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia Yearbook of 1966 (10th ed.). Moscow, Russsia: Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya. p. 619 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Видатні випускники та працівники" [Notable alumni and staff members] (in Russian). National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ Orlyk, Mariya, ed. (2001). "Шевченко Олександра Федорівна" [Oleksandra Fedorivna Shevchenko]. Women of Ukraine : Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Ukrainian). Kyiv, Ukraine: Fenix. p. 505. ISBN 966-651-002-2.
- 1926 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Cherkasy Oblast
- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine alumni
- 20th-century Ukrainian women politicians
- Ukrainian women farmers
- Soviet women in politics
- Milkmaids
- Ukrainian agronomists
- Women agronomists
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Members of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution