Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky
Володимир Крижанівський
Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia
In office
1992–1994
Succeeded byVolodymyr Fedorov
Personal details
Born
Voldoymyr Petrovych Kryzhanivsky

(1940-01-24) 24 January 1940
Vinnistiya, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Voldoymyr Petrovych Kryzhanivsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Крижанівський; born on 24 January 1940), is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat who served as the first Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia form 1992 to 1994. Kryzhanivsky also served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada in the 1st convocation.

Biography

He was born in a family of civil servants on 24 January 1940 in Vinnytsia.

In 1958, he was a student and had graduated from the Kyiv Engineering and Construction Institute with a degree in "construction engineer".[1]

In 1963, he worked at Vykonrob BMU-18 as an engineer, and senior engineer. In 1965, he became the head of the team, engineer, chief specialist, and head of the department of the Institute of the Central Research Institute "Proektstalkonstruktsiya".

In 1984, he became the head of one of the departments of the Institute "Ukr. NII Projectstalkonstruktsiya".

Kryzhanivsky was nominated as a candidate for People's Deputies by the labor collective "UkrNDI proektstalkonstruktionsia". On 19 March 1990, he was elected a member of parliament, a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada, in the 2nd round, with 48.80% of the votes, and 10 applicants. He was a member of the “New Ukraine” faction, and was the chairman of the subcommittee of the commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on human rights.[2]

In 1991, he became the Plenipotentiary representative of Ukraine to Russia. In 1992, Kryzhanivsky became the first Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia.

In 1994, he became the executive director of MP "Plastic", based in Kyiv. In 2007–2009, he was the chairman of the association "Vinnytsia in Kyiv".[3]

Political views

In January 2015, in an interview with journalists, he criticized the annexation of Crimea to Russia and stated that all ethnic Russians should be expelled from the region.[4]

References

  1. "Крижанівський Володимир Петрович — Енциклопедія Сучасної України". esu.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. "Крижанівський Володимир Петрович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  3. "Товариство "Вінничани у Києві"". vinnychany.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  4. "Бывший украинский посол пригрозил выгнать всех русских из Крыма". Большой Ростов (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
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