Tymochko John Stratonovich
Born March 9, 1926 in a peasant family in the Ternopil region. In Kremenets graduated seven years and in 1940 entered the College of Forestry, wanted to keep mother nature. But it happened as it should have happened. In March 1943, the Nazis surrounded the home village of Hungary, many people were shot, burned some houses, and youth group to put together and sent to forced labor in Germany. 17-year old John got to the "manor" Hostenberha, which was located near the river Oder. Even accustomed to any of the country boy could not endure overwork and abuse. So he has one, same as he, poor, decided to flee home. Walking at night, they reached Poland, but were detained by German police, brutally beaten and returned to the place of previous work. Bullying and feeding became even worse. When approaching the front, John moved to the "manor" by the river Oder. There he fell ill with jaundice. There were sent to destroy, but to destroy it failed to break through the front of Oder. April 22, 1945 he released together with Soviet troops.
After returning home, despite the transferred four operations, Tymochko not betrayed his dream and graduated from the Leningrad Academy of Forestry Engineering. For 48 years of continuous work in forestry, he rose from assistant forester, and created more than 20 hectares of highly productive plantations, laid the basis nurseries, seed plantation elite trees in Dubno and Rovno Berezne forestry and Kivertsivskiy Volyn region. All the knowledge given to improving native nature, constantly engaged rationalisations and invention. He was awarded the medal "inventors of the USSR", has sold a lot of rationalization proposals and inventions 5, is the author of numerous publications in magazines, newspapers and information sheets.
His honest, selfless work Tymochko John Stratonovich gained credibility among the people. Enjoyed it, and now, heading Kivertsi District Branch of our Association.
