I, Galyna Slyvynska, was born on January 24, 1962 in Kyiv. In 1979 I entered Kyiv's State University named after T.G.Shevchenko, geological department (specialty geophysics). In 1984 I graduated from the University. Since August 1984 I have been working at the Institute of Geophysics named after S.I.Subbotin of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.