Vitaly Ivaschenko (12.12.1937, Smila — 31.07.2023, Kyiv) is an artistic director of the Variety Theater fans ETA, Honored Worker of Ukraine, assistant professor of mechanics of plasticity resource materials and processes MMI.
All adulthood Vitaly V. linked to the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. Here he graduated, where he emerged as an outstanding personality, whose life meaning - creativity, technical, scientific, educational, journalistic, artistic.
Student mechanical department of KPI Vitaliy Ivashchenko is not wasted time. Well-trained (at the undergraduate Stalin received a scholarship), was head of the group, сulturologist of the course, institute entertainer jazz, sang in the choir, played basketball for the second team of Kyiv universities.
After the KPI Vitaliy Ivashchenko worked at the Department of metal forming, studied in graduate school, defended his thesis, was promoted to associate professor, has published about 100 scientific papers, has made more than 20 patents. A number of its development put into production - for which he received two medals of Exhibition of Achievements national economy. In the 1980-2000's. Was the author and presenter of a number of programs on national television, "Information and technological progress", "Teletehnoteka" "Ask - answer", "The law is the law"; created two documentary TV films - "Night of the birth of the Constitution" and "Pride of Ukraine" (the Novokramatorsky Engineering Works).
But for most Vitaliy Ivashchenko - a variety theater lovers KPI "ETA" which he created, managed more than half a century and where to put their 25 performances. Another of the student theater in the world, probably not. Theater "ETA" successfully performed in many cities of the Soviet Union, was the winner of the four-Union festival of amateur art, laureate of the Kiev Komsomol them. O.Boychenka has the honorary title of "People" (from 1977). In 1987, the "ETA", one of the first in Ukraine and the only student from the theaters, the status of state theater studio and five years working as a comedy theater. For creative work in the theater in 1989 Vitaliy Ivashchenko was awarded the honorary title "Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine."
At school Vitaliy Ivashchenko began to write poetry - to the one that inspired and little for ourselves. Then for many years wrote poetic texts to the theater performances "ETA". First zbirochku "History of Love" published CPI - to give all women the Institute for the holiday March 8, 1993 later were published fourteen books of poetry in Russian and Ukrainian languages. The book of selected poems "We - Ukrainian!" received a diploma "For contribution to the development of Ukrainian poetry" at the Tenth International Book Fair "Book World - 2007". Vitaliy Ivashchenko poems written by different composers about thirty songs.
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Vitaliy Ivashchenko often acted in Kyiv and other cities to fans of poetry.