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Oleg Tymoshenko (born April 20, 1932; died December 20, 2010) - Founding President of Green Cross Ukraine, Rector of the National Music Academy of Ukraine, academician, people's artist of Ukraine.

Biography
Born December 4, 1932 in Kreminna (now Luhansk region, Ukraine).

From 1949 he was studying at Lugansk College of Music from which he graduated in 1953.

From 1954 - he was studying in the Kiev State Conservatory Tchaikovsky, graduated in 1960.

In the years 1960-1963 - was working as Director and teacher of Vinnytsia music college named Nikolai Leontovich.

In 1963-2004 he worked at the Kiev Conservatory: in 1963-1965 years - Senior Lecturer; in 1965-1983 years - vice-rector for educational work; in 1983-2004 years - rector.

1996 -he was approved as actual founding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

In 2000 Oleg Tymoshenko, supported by the founding president of Green Cross International - Mikhail Gorbachev, created in Ukraine the national environmental organization "Green Cross" (eng. "Green Cross" Ukraine), headed by 2010.

He died Dec. 20, 2010 in Switzerland.