Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Volodymyr Hrynyov, also Hryniov (Ukrainian: , Volodymyr Borysovych Hryn''ov; Russian: , Vladimir Borisovich Grinyov) is a Ukrainian politician and statesman. Hrynov was born on July 26, 1945 in Bolshaya Troitsa village of Kursk Oblast (now Belgorod Oblast, Russia). In 1968 he graduated with honors from the Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute. In 1972 he defended his candidate dissertation (PhD), and in 1981, his doctoral dissertation. On March 30, 1990 he participated in Verkhovna Rada elections in electoral district no. 170 in Kharkiv. In the first round, none of the five candidates obtained the required 50% of votes; in the second round he obtained 53.49% votes and was elected to the parliament. In Verkhovna Rada, Hrynov was elected Vice-Chairmen, in which position he served until his voluntary resignation in June 1993.