BAKALETS O. A. Review Vol.: Dmytriienko M. F, Tomazova V. V. Patons’ Family: historical and genealogical research. Documents. – K., 2013. – 344 p.

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     The article analyzes the considerable research of Patons’ pedigree made by M. Dmytriyenko and V. Tomazov.

    This unique work - an important event in modern Ukrainian genealogy. Until now, science had limited information on the subject. The next appearance of the works of national genealogy recently attracted the attention of scientists.

    Written on the basis of thorough spring work reproduced prominent family history Paton, who played a decisive role in the Russian and Ukrainian history and culture.

    Sources used by the genealogy extremely varied and cover almost all sites associated with human activity. The authors, found the archives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine the case of the nobility of different branches of the genus Paton, a number of personal lists metric certificates, track record, certificates, diplomas, photos, introduced into scientific circulation informative documentary material created a detailed family tree of 39 people of nine generations of Paton family, whose origins date back to the first third of the eighteenth century.

    The authors set themselves the task based on the large amount of dekilkastolitni restore genealogical relationships between generations, to follow in terms of Hetman, the Russian Empire, the Soviet totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, independent Ukraine fate activity merits of each kind of direct descendants of George Paton Borys - President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

   Since Borys Yevhenovych Paton was elected president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1962, he has never been replaced, being able not only to address managerial problems but also to generate new ideas for very interesting research projects. Moreover, Academician Paton also excels in sports: skates, tennis rackets, checkers, and even water skis submit to him without demur.

    It is thanks to him that Ukrainian science has always been on the march, and teaching it to the young is no longer a matter of shame. The world’s first welding in outer space was also his experiment. The well-known Druzhba gas transit mainline is also his brainchild. He also contributed to the fact that during World War II the USSR produced more tanks than all the other warring countries combined. For, in collaboration with his famous father Yevhen Oskarovych Paton and other Institute of Electrical Welding associates, he devised a fundamentally new welding unit for the T-34 tank, which could replace eighty skilled workers. Among the milestones on his road are defense factories, research laboratories, the USSR Supreme Soviet, and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Mr. Paton is president of the International Association of Academies of Sciences; member of the European Academy, the International Astronautics Academy, and the Roman Club. His decorations include Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the highest awards of many foreign countries, the titles of Hero of Socialist Labor and Hero of Ukraine.

Keywords: Paton, genealogy, Academy of Sciences, Electric Welding Institute, special historical disciplines.