“Let’s go, I’ll show you my field”: Oleksandr Papsuyev

Zaporizhzhya State Television and Radio Company. The program “Let’s go, I’ll show you my field” for 2001 is dedicated to scientist Oleksandr Papsuyev — the only breeder in the world who managed to obtain a hybrid of rye and wheat and the short-growing sunflower variety “Kripysh”.

On the video: a detailed biography of Oleksandr Stepanovich Papsuyev, the personal photo archive of the agrarian; the scientist reads his notes, demonstrates different varieties of wheat; the scientific achievement of the agrarian, talks about the challenge of the KGB and the concealment of his research; shows the sunflower variety “Kripysh” in the field, various breeding varieties, talks about the land and agriculture.

Comments: scientist-agrarian, breeder Oleksandr Papsuyev; former first secretary of the Kuibyshev district party committee Grigory Golovenko; farmer Viktor Tyshchenko; journalist Grigory Khvostyk.

Reference: Oleksandr Papsuyev is a Ukrainian breeder who made a revolutionary discovery in the field of agronomy, creating a triticale variety that combines the hardiness of rye and the baking qualities of wheat. His new variety, called “Zhytnytsia”, attracted the attention of scientists not only in Ukraine but also abroad. Despite the lack of support from scientific circles and the difficulty of recognizing his work, Papsuyev’s achievements are revolutionary and one of the most important in the field of agriculture.