Anatoly Lysenko

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| birth_name = Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko

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| birth_place = Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| restingplace = Troyekurovskoye Cemetery

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| occupation = director, tv host, tv producer, journalist, editor

| yearsactive = 1959–2021

| spouse = Valentina Lysenko

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Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko ({{langx|ru|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/35745 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18 июля 2012 года № 1020 О генеральном директоре автономной некоммерческой организации Общественное телевидение России |publisher=Kremlin.ru |date=18 July 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2021}}

Early life

Lysenko was born on 14 April 1937, in Vinnytsia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR. 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.{{cite book| author = Лысенко А. Г. | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url = | title = ТВ живьём и в записи | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= М. |date = 2011 |publisher= ПРОЗАиК |volume= | pages = 592| series = | isbn = 978-5-91631-126-6}}{{cite web|url=https://kubnews.ru/kultura/2015/11/11/anatoliy-lysenko-posle-menya-pshik-/|title=Анатолий Лысенко: После меня – пшик!..|date=2015-11-11|publisher=Кубанские Новости|accessdate=2019-11-29}}{{Cite web|title= Ильин Л.М.: Мой отец против НКВД. Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе: Авторы и тексты|url=https://www.sakharov-center.ru/asfcd/auth/?num=9699&t=page|access-date=2021-06-26|website=sakharov-center.ru}}

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 {{ill|Russian Open Academy of Transport|ru|Российская открытая академия транспорта|lt=All-Union Correspondence Institute of Railway Engineers}}.

Career

Since 1987, Lysenko directed Vzglyad, which in many ways changed both Soviet television and the atmosphere in the country.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121094816/https://www.1tv.ru/public/pi=20728 TVlution]. 1tv.ru He was a member of the council for the award of the Russian Government's media awards since 2013.{{cite web|url=http://government.ru/media/files/41d4878cda3e33b1d289.pdf |title=Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 26 августа 2013 года № 1504-р |date= |accessdate=20 June 2021}}

Personal life

Lysenko's wife, Valentina Efimovna Lysenko (born 1943), is an engineer. Their daughter {{ill|Mariana Lysenko|ru|Лысенко, Марьяна Анатольевна|lt=Mariana Anatolievna Lysenko}} (born 1970), is a doctor.[http://persona.rin.ru/view/f/0/32876/lysenko--anatolij-grigorevich Биография Анатолия Лысенко] Their son, Viktor Lysenko, is an international journalist.{{cite news|first=Yelena|last=Arnoldova|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2021/06/21/n_16134932.shtml|title=Названо место похорон Анатолия Лысенко|publisher=Gazeta.Ru |date= 21 June 2021|accessdate=21 June 2021|language=Russian}}

Death

Lysenko died on 20 June 2021 "after a long illness"{{cite news|url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/11699689|title=Умер тележурналист Анатолий Лысенко |publisher=TASS|date=20 June 2021|accessdate=20 June 2021|language=Russian}} and complications from COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/06/20/litsom-k-cheloveku|title=Лицом к человеку |publisher=Novaya Gazeta|date=20 June 2021|accessdate=15 July 2021|language=Russian}} A memorial ceremony took place at the Ostankino Technical Center on 23 June, after which Lysenko was buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Awards

USSR State Prize (1978)
Order of Friendship (1996){{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/9320 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 8 мая 1996 года № 683 |publisher=Kremlin.ru |date=1 January 1991 |accessdate=20 June 2021}}
Medal in Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow (1997)
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999){{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13812 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 7 мая 1999 года № 560 |publisher=Kremlin.ru |date=1 January 1991 |accessdate=20 June 2021}}
Order For Merit to the Fatherland 3rd class (2011),{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/34256 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16 ноября 2011 года № 1493 |publisher=Kremlin.ru |date=16 November 2011 |accessdate=20 June 2021}} 4th class (2006){{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/24615 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 ноября 2006 года № 1315 |publisher=Kremlin.ru |date=27 November 2006 |accessdate=20 June 2021}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.ruj.ru/_news/6632/ |title=Поздравляем коллег с присуждением премий Правительства Российской Федерации 2014 года в области массовой информации |access-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225213733/http://www.ruj.ru/_news/6632/#.VJxrwFBAXs |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Order of Honour (2016){{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201605120022 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12 мая 2016 года № 219 О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации |publisher=Publication.pravo.gov.ru |date= |accessdate=20 June 2021}}