Background
Ostapenko, Nickolay Stepanovich was born on April 22, 1937 in Dondukovskaya Stanitsa, Krasnodarsky Kray, Russia. Son of Stepan Mitrofanovich and Anna Demyanovna Ostapenko.
Ostapenko, Nickolay Stepanovich was born on April 22, 1937 in Dondukovskaya Stanitsa, Krasnodarsky Kray, Russia. Son of Stepan Mitrofanovich and Anna Demyanovna Ostapenko.
Diploma in Geology, Mineralogy, Higher Attestation Committee, Russia, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Mineralogy, Higher Attestation Committee, Russia, 2007.
Chief, geological party Far Eastern Geochem. Expedition, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, 1959—1972. Junior to senior leading science worker Amur Complex Science Research Institute, 1972—1993, vice director, 1993—1997.
Member, science council Institute Geology & Nature Management Far Eastern Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Blagoveshchensk, chief, science laboratory. Lecturer Amur Polytechnic School, Blagoveshchensk. Chairman, board examiners Branch Irkutsk State Technology University.
Married Galina Michailovna Veselova. Children: Angelica Nickolaevna Rudenko, Olga Nickolaevna Neroda.