The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine submitted a proposal to the Kyiv City State Administration to rename the Druzhby Narodiv boulevard to Borys Paton boulevard, the press service of the Academy of Sciences reports.
“In order to perpetuate the memory of Academician Borys Paton, the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine decided to appeal to the Kyiv City State Administration with a proposal to rename the Druzhby Narodiv boulevard in Kyiv to Borys Paton boulevard,” the message reads.
The Academy of Sciences noted that the decision was supported by the members of the Presidium at a meeting held on September 7.
Borys Paton (1918-2020) – scientist in the field of welding processes, metallurgy and metal technology, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1952) President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 1962), the first Ukrainian awarded with the title of Hero of Ukraine.
He is also the author and co-author of over 720 inventions (500 foreign patents), over 1,200 publications, including 20 scientific monographs.
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