Kherson State Marine Academy at first establishment in maritime education on Ukraine
  

Rector of Kherson State Maritime Academy

Khodakovskiy Volodymyr Fedorovych
(born on February 21, 1947 in the village of Burgunka, Berislavsky province of Kherson region) – PhD, the professor of Ukrainian Studies department, the academician of the International Academy of a cold, the academician of Academy of sciences of higher education of Ukraine.

Education: Graduated from Kherson Teacher-training Institute named after N.K. Krupska, 1972. Specialty: “Biology and Chemistry”. Qualification: teacher of  Biology and Chemistry. The Higher school at the Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine, 1981. In 1995 graduated from Kherson Maritime College of Fishing Industry.

Specialty: “Ship power installations operation” 

Majored in: Marine Engineer

Professional experience:
1965-1969 Teacher of biology of Novodudchansky eight-year school of Kahovska province in Kherson region.
1969-1972 Manager. Department of Komsomol organisations, the first secretary of Kahovsky district committee VLKSM in Kherson region.
1973-1981 Instructor of the Department of Komsomol organisations, the second secretary, the first secretary of Kherson regional committee LKSM of Ukraine.
1981-1983 Chairman of executive committee of Suvorovsky regional council of People's Deputies of Kherson
1983-1987 Head of Department of science and educational institutions of Kherson regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
1987-1990 Instructor of department of a science and educational institutions, the instructor of department of party building and personnel work of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
1990-1991 Secretary of Kherson regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
1991-1996 Chief of correspondence branch of Kherson maritime school of named after Lieutenant Schmidt.
1997-2002 Head of Kherson Maritime College.
2000-2000 Deputy-head of Kherson regional state administration.
2002-2006 Head of Kherson regional council.
2004-2005 Head of Kherson regional state administration.
2006-2007 Head of Kherson Maritime College.  
2007-2011 Rector of the Highest educational institution «Kherson State Maritime Institute»
September, 2011- nowadays Rector of Kherson State Maritime Academy.

Certificates and awards:
Medal «For labour valour», 1976
The Certificate of the Presidium of Supreme Rada of the USSR, 1979
The Order “Peoples' Friendship”, 1981
Honorary title «Deserved worker of national education of Ukraine», 1999
Medal «Honorary worker of sea and river transport», 2002
The Order of “Merit of ІІІ degree”, 2004
Medal «Petro Mogyla» of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2007
Medal «Honorary worker of transport of Ukraine», 2009
Medal of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine "Ushinskiy K.D", 2009
International Order «Kyryl and Mefodii» of International Academy of Slavic Writing, 2010
Order «Saint equal to the apostles Prince Volodymyr the Great» of the III degree of Kiyiv patriarchate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 2011.

The author (co-author) of scientific publications:
«History of maritime education of Ukraine» (Kherson, 2007), «Philosophy of the creating Ukrainian state (political analysis of the newest history)» (Kherson, 2007), «Maritime English-Russian Illustrative-Information dictionary» (Kherson, 2008), «IMO and Classification societies in organizing safe navigation» (Sevastopol, 2010), «Maritime chronicle» (Kherson, 2011).