Pyotr Zinchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pyotr Zinchenko

Soviet Psychologist

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1903

Place of Birth: Nikolayevsk, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1969

Profession: psychologist, pedagogue, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pyotr Ivanovich Zinchenko (???? ???????? ????????) (1903 – 1969) was a Soviet developmental psychologist, a student of Lev Vygotsky and Alexei Leontiev and one of the major representatives of the Kharkov School of Psychology.
In 1963, Zinchenko founded and headed the department of psychology at Kharkiv University until his death in 1969. His son is a contemporary Russian psychologist Vladimir Petrovich Zinchenko.