Yankovsky, Valentine Andreevich was born on January 21, 1947 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Andre Aleksandrovich Yankovsky and Svetlana Silvestrovna Ignatieva (maiden name Edelstein, was born in Odessa, the orphan, the pupil of children's home "Krasnyi Zori" in Strelna, Leningrad until 1941).
Graduate in Physics, St. Petersburg State University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Mathematics, St. Petersburg State University, 1987.
Research scientist Institute Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, 1974—1980, assistant professor department atmospheric physics Russia, 1980—1991, associate professor department atmospheric physics Russia, since 1991.
Married Lubov Mikhailovna Yuskina, February 28, 1987. 1 child Andre Valentinovich.
