Mykola Yankovsky

Mykola Yankovsky was born on August 12, 1944, in ( Pokotilovo village , Novoarkhangelsk district, Kirovohrad Oblast ); wife Galina (1949) - housewife; daughters Irina (1967) and Tatiana (1973); son Igor (1974).

He has lived a private life for some years, but during his career as an entrepreneur, Yankovsky has impacted Ukraine’s chemical production landscape and brought in inventions and business practices that were largely unknown when the Soviet Union came to an end.

He has been an incumbent member of the Academy of Engineering Science of Ukraine since 1992 as well as an honorary Professor of the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology.

[3] Yankovsky is an author of more than 150 scientific works and academic publications, including more than 10 monographs and textbooks published in Ukraine and abroad.

Some of his monographies and manuals on chemical science are highly regarded and recommended by professors, and are used for teaching in higher and secondary specialized educational institutions of Ukraine[3] In 1982, Yankovsky became the director at the Dneprodzerzhinsk production plant.

[5] In 1995, Yankovsky and his son Igor took an active part in the development of Trading House of the Corporate Group "Stirol" (city of Gorlovka, Donetsk Region).

To date, the company is the largest chemical complex of Ukraine, specializing in the production of polymers, fertilizers, ammonia, pharmaceuticals.

[5] Prior to the sale of OSJC Stirol, the company prepared for an IPO, though this failed due to uncertainties on the natural gas markets.

[4] As Igor Sharov notes in his book, Mykola Andriyovych was a fervent supporter of the privatization of large industrial enterprises.

He considered every privatization case to be specific and did not see anything wrong with the growth of foreign capital, if investors wanted to develop the economy of the enterprise.

[8] During his time as CEO of OJSC Stirol, Yankovsky reformed the standards under which chemical plants in Ukraine were run.

[9] Mykola Yankovsky supported the diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, facilitating the construction of temples in Gorlovka and other cities of Ukraine.