Background
Khirnyi, Vitalii Filippovitch was born on April 12, 1938 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Son of Filipp Vladimirovitch and Nadezhda Stepanovna (Solodovnikova) Khirnyi.
Khirnyi, Vitalii Filippovitch was born on April 12, 1938 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Son of Filipp Vladimirovitch and Nadezhda Stepanovna (Solodovnikova) Khirnyi.
Bachelor of Science, Kharkov State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1965. Doctor in Physics, Donetsk State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1982.
Engineer, Donetsk Physico-Technology Institute, 1965-1980; younger researcher, Donetsk Physico-Technology Institute, 1980-1983; senior researcher, Donetsk Physico-Technology Institute, 1983-1989; senior researcher, Institute for Single Crystals of National Academy of Sciences Ukraine, Kharkov, since 1989.
Married Alevtina Aleksandrovna Smirnova, August 8, 1968. Children: Aleksandr, Vladimir.