Interview with Boris Paton, 1982

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1982.

The film "Today and Every Day..." is dedicated to the outstanding scientist in the field of welding, metallurgy and metal technology, president of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, academician Boris Yevgenyevich Paton.

On the video: landscapes of Kyiv; interview with Boris Paton; E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute; Boris Paton talks about his life, studies, work at defense plants during World War II; trips of the scientist to different cities, conversations with colleagues, memories; stories about Yevgeny Paton; fellow engineers, academicians and students share their impressions of working with Boris Paton, talk about his scientific developments and achievements; achievements of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.

Comments: three times Hero of Socialist Labor, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician Anatoly Alexandrov; twice Hero of Socialist Labor, President of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences, Academician Viktor Ambartsumian; Hero of Socialist Labor, Chairman of the USSR State Commission for Foreign Economic Relations Semen Skachkov; Chairman of the Presidium of the Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician Sergey Vonsovsky; Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician Valentin Koptyug; twice Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Valery Kubasov; Director of Uralvagonzavod Veniamin Sotnikov; Candidate of Technical Sciences Platon Sevbo; workers of the E. O. Paton PES Research Plant and veterans of Uralvagonzavod.

Director — Olena Mashkara.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: Boris Paton (1918-2020) was an engineer, academician, and politician. He worked in the field of welding processes, metallurgy, and metal technology. From 1953 to 2020, he was director of the E. Paton Electric Welding Institute. In 1962, he became head of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (later the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) and remained its president until his death. Boris Paton was a member of a number of domestic and foreign scientific organizations. He was awarded a number of state awards, including, on November 26, 1998, he was the first to receive the title of Hero of Ukraine, the highest state award.