10 Notable alumni of
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI
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Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI is 2283rd in the world, 746th in Europe, and 84th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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MakSim
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- composermanufacturersingerrecord producer
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Marina Sergeyevna Abrosimova, better known under her stage name MakSim (Russian: МакSим; earlier – Maxi-M) is a Russian singer, songwriter, and music producer.
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Ivan Silayev
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- engineerpolitician
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Ivan Stepanovich Silayev was a Soviet and Russian politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union through the offices of chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy (28 August – 25 December 1991) and chairman of the Inter-republican Economic Committee (20 September – 14 November 1991). Responsible for overseeing the economy of the Soviet Union during the late Gorbachev era, he was the last head of government of the Soviet Union, succeeding Valentin Pavlov.
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Vladimir Sharpatov
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- pilot in commandaircraft pilotfirst officer
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Vladimir Ilyich Sharpatov is a civil aviation pilot and Hero of the Russian Federation (1996). An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane under his command made a forced landing at the airfield near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in August 1995. All seven Russian nationals on board were subsequently held captive by the Taliban for a year until they successfully escaped by flying their own plane out of Afghanistan in August 1996. Russian actor Alexander Baluyev played Vladimir Sharpatov in the 2010 film Kandagar.
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Maksim Şäräfetdinef
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- journalistKVN actor
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Maxim Rasimovich Sharafutdinov is a Russian journalist, television presenter of Channel One.
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Mikhail Simonov
- Enrolled in Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI
- Studied in 1954
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- military flight engineerengineerpolitician
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Mikhail Petrovich Simonov was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simonov coordinated the Su-27's sale to foreign governments, providing badly needed hard currency to the Russian government. In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1999.
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Viktor Makeyev
- Enrolled in Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI
- Studied in 1942
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- inventorscientistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Viktor Petrovich Makeyev was a Soviet engineer in the Soviet space program who was also a central and founding figure in development of Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) for the Soviet Navy.
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Firdäwes Käbiref
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- rally driverracing automobile driver
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Firdaus Zaripovich Kabirov is a retired Russian rally racer who twice won the Dakar Rally in the trucks category, competing for Kamaz.
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Färit Möxämmätşin
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- statespersondiplomatpolitical scientistpolitician
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Farit Mubarakshevich Mukhametshin is a Russian politician and diplomat. He served as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Samara Oblast between 2018 and 2024. He has previously been head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), and as ambassador of Russia to Moldova, and to Uzbekistan.
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Aleksandr Kurynov
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- weightlifter
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Aleksandr Pavlovich Kurynov was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics and three world titles in 1961–1963. He also set 15 world records between 1958 and 1964: two in the press, four in the snatch, four in the clean and jerk, and five in the total.
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Sergey Antufyev
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- statespersonpolitician
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Sergey Vladimirovich Antufyev is a Russian politician. He served as a governor of Smolensk Oblast in 2007–2012.