20 Notable alumni of
Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
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The Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia is 1160th in the world, 406th in Europe, and 35th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Valery Legasov
- Enrolled in the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- physicistChernobyl liquidatoruniversity teacherchemist
- Biography
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Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He is primarily known for his efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Legasov also presented the findings of an investigation to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations Office at Vienna, detailing the actions and circumstances that led to the explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Occupations
- philanthropistentrepreneur
- Biography
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Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist, now residing in London. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion, and was ranked 16th on Forbes list of billionaires. He had worked his way up the Komsomol apparatus, during the Soviet years, and started several businesses during the period of glasnost and perestroika in the late 1980s. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in the mid-1990s, he accumulated considerable wealth by obtaining control of a number of Siberian oil fields unified under the name Yukos, one of the major companies to emerge from the privatization of state assets during the 1990s (a scheme known as "Loans for Shares").
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Andrey Kolmogorov
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- computer scientistphysicistuniversity teacherstatisticianmathematician
- Biography
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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who contributed to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.
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Yuriy Boyko
- Enrolled in the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko is a Ukrainian politician who served as one of the Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine between 2012 and 2014, as well as the Minister of Energy from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2012. Other than during stint as Vice Prime Minister, he has continuously served as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada since 2007. Boyko ran for President in the March 2019 election, winning many districts in the southeast of the country but narrowly missing qualification for the second round by 4.28% of the votes.
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Vladimir Yevtushenkov
- Occupations
- businesspersoninternational forum participanteconomist
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Vladimir Petrovich Yevtushenkov is a Russian billionaire business oligarch. He is the majority owner (49.2%) and former сhairman of Sistema. As a member of the Russian-Saudi Economic Council and as chairman since 2002 of both the Russian side of the Russian-Saudi and Russian-Arab Business Councils which are part of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), he maintains very close ties to both Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.
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Mikhail Muromov
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- manufacturerguitaristcomposermusic arrangeractor
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Muromov is a Soviet Russian singer, actor, musician and composer.
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Valentina Leontyeva
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- announcertelevision presenter
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Valentina Mikhaylovna Leontyeva was a famous anchor on Soviet TV. She was one of the first television presenters in the Soviet Union.
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Vadim Abdrashitov
- Occupations
- film director
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Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov was a Russian film director. He was internationally renowned as one of Russian cinema's most notable independent directors, with awards from the Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, and was a People's Artist of Russia.
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Pyotr Demichev
- Enrolled in the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
- Studied in 1944
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
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Pyotr Nilovich Demichev was a Soviet and Russian politician. He was deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986. He was a deputy Politburo member from 1964 until his retirement in 1988. He was considered to be a "Communist Party ideologist" with little sympathy for liberal movements within the Soviet Union.
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Vitaly Abalakov
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- explorermountaineeralpine skierengineerchemical engineer
- Biography
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Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor.
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Nikita Petrov
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- human rights activisthistorian
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Nikita Vasilyevich Petrov is a Russian historian. He works at Memorial, a Russian organization dedicated to studying Soviet political repression. Petrov specializes in Soviet security services.
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Vladimir Vinogradov
- Occupations
- diplomat
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Vinogradov was a prominent Soviet diplomat in the second half of the 20th century.
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Peter Florin
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- diplomatpoliticianresistance fighter
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Peter Florin was an East German politician and diplomat.
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Leonid Drachevsky
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- rowerdiplomat
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Leonid Drachevsky is a Soviet rower from Kazakhstan. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start.
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Valentin Koptyug
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Valentin Afanasyevich Koptyug was a Soviet Belarusian scientist, specializing in physical and organic chemistry.
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Valeriya Khomyakova
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- fighter pilot
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Valeria Dmitrievna Khomyakova was a Soviet fighter pilot and military officer during World War II. She was widely reported as the first woman pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, but later changed to the first in a night battle. Khomyakova was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, but was killed in a flight accident only two weeks later.
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Dmitrii Knorre
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- chemist
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Dmitrii G. Knorre is a chemist and biochemist, a specialist in chemical kinetics of complex reactions, bioorganic chemistry, and molecular biology. He was a Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR since 1968, and an academician since 1981. He was assigned to the Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemistry of Physiologically Active Compounds of the Academy and to the Siberian Division since 1981.
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Ulmas Mirsaidov
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- chemist
- Biography
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Ulmas Mirsaidovich Mirsaidov is a Tajik theoretical chemist. He is the Mirsaidov Ulmas Mirsaidovich Professor of Chemistry. He is Director of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency under AS RT.
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Vladimir Polukhin
- Occupations
- physical chemist
- Biography
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Vladimir Polukhin was a Russian scientist (doctor of science, Russian: 'doctor nauk') and an engineer in the field of optics.
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Alexander Kovarski
- Occupations
- chemist
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Alexander L’vovich Kovarski is a Russian physical chemist, professor, member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and member of American Chemical Society. His main research area is physical chemistry of polymers and composites, magnetic resonance of free radicals and nano-sized systems.
