Mykhailo Bilyi

Mykhailo Ulyanovych Bilyi (Ukrainian: Михайло Улянович Білий; 12 November 1922 – 5 August 2001) was a Ukrainian and Soviet physicist and politician, who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1972 to 1980. Since 1969 he was a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (then the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR).

Mykhailo Bilyi
Михайло Білий
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 1972–1980
Preceded by	Oleksandr Korniychuk
Succeeded by	Kostiantyn Sytnyk
Rector of the Kyiv University
In office 1970–1985
Preceded by	Ivan Shvets
Succeeded by	Viktor Skopenko
Personal details
Born	(1922-11-12)12 November 1922 Moskali, Chernihiv Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
Died	5 August 2001(2001-08-05) (aged 78) Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party	All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)

Biography

Mykhailo Bilyi was born in a village of Moskali that today is located in Chernihiv Raion, Northern Ukraine.