Zenko Gennady Stepanovich (1924),
Doctor of Philological Sciences (1993), Professor (1991)
Russian. Born in the city of Shara-Sume, Western China.
Graduated from Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute (1950), postgraduate studies at KSU (1953).
Worked as a mechanic at an aviation plant (Tashkent), senior lecturer, associate professor, head of the department, dean of Russian philology, and since 1983 - professor at KSU.
Specialist in the field of the Russian language and comparative linguistics.
Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War and the "Dank" medal.
Honored Teacher of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979). Published more than 90 scientific works, including 1 monograph and 1 textbook.
Under his supervision, 8 candidate dissertations have been defended.
Main works:
1. Issues of Word Formation Theory. Frunze, 1969.
2. On the Concept of Position in Derivatology in Connection with the Concept of Functional Invariant. // Russian Language: Units of Different Levels and Patterns of Their Functioning. Collection of Scientific Works. Bishkek, 1991.
3. On the Status of Etymological Analysis in the Aspect of Close Etymology // Bulletin of KGNU. Series "Philological Sciences". Bishkek, 1994. Issue 2.
4. On the Theoretical and Linguistic Foundations of Constructing a Concept of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language // Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference of IPPKK KGNU. Bishkek, 1998.
5. Principles of Organizing Word Formation Elements into a System and the Possibilities of Its Description. Bishkek, 2002.