Fedorchuk Viktor Porfentievich (1921),
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1968)
Born in the village of Troitskoye, Odessa region.
Graduated from the Geological Faculty of the Central Asian Industrial Institute (1944).
Worked as a geological engineer at the "Central Asian Color Metals Exploration" trust, chief geologist of the Haidarkan party of the same trust, deputy director of the Central Asian Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, deputy director of the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Rare Elements, and director of the All-Union Institute of Mineral Resource Economics.
Specialist in the field of geology.
Awarded the Order of Lenin and medals of the USSR.
Honored Worker of Geology of the Kirghiz SSR (1972).
Published more than 100 scientific works.