85 Notable alumni of
Moscow Aviation Institute
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Moscow Aviation Institute is 393rd in the world, 140th in Europe, and 7th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 85 notable alumni from Moscow Aviation Institute sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alexander Dugin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1978-1979
- Occupations
- opinion journalistpoliticianprofessorsociologistpropagandist
- Biography
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Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a Russian far-right political philosopher and the leading theorist of Russian neo-Eurasianism.
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Mikhail Zadornov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- stand-up comedianhumoristprincipal directorcomedianmechanic
- Biography
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov was a Soviet and Russian stand-up comedian and writer. Zadornov was born into an artistic family, his father Nikolay Zadornov (1909-1992) being a notable writer from Riga. Zadornov's mother, Elena Matusevich (1909-2003), came from an old noble family, which can trace its roots to the Polish king Stephen Bathory.
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Alexey Pajitnov
- Occupations
- businesspersonprogrammergame designercomputer scientistmathematician
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Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer. He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (now the Russian Academy of Sciences). After Tetris was released internationally in 1987, he released a sequel in 1989, entitled Welltris.
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Eduard Uspensky
- Occupations
- screenwriterpresentertelevision presenterpoetchildren's writer
- Biography
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Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations. Among the characters he created are Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile, Uncle Fyodor and Kolobki brothers. He was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class in 1997.
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Toktar Aubakirov
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpoliticiantest pilotastronaut
- Biography
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Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov is a retired Kazakh Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut. He is the first person from Kazakhstan to go to space.
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Markus Wolf
- Occupations
- writerjournalistintelligence officer
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Markus Johannes Wolf, also known as Mischa, was an East German spy who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbr. MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the best-known spymasters during the Cold War. In the West he was known as "the man without a face" due to his elusiveness.
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Svetlana Savitskaya
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- astronautmember of the State Dumaexploreraircraft pilotuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
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Maksim Shevchenko
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1990
- Occupations
- editing staffopinion journalistpoliticianpresenterpublic figure
- Biography
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Maxim Shevchenko is an editor, journalist and presenter on television and radio in Russia, one of the leading Russian journalists and experts on ethno-cultural and religious policies. He is the leader of the opposition Russian Party of Freedom and Justice.
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Leonid Kadeniuk
- Occupations
- astronautpoliticianbiologistmilitary personneltest pilot
- Biography
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Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space.
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Maya Kristalinskaya
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya was a Soviet-Russian singer.
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Yegor Ligachyov
- Years
- 1920-2021 (aged 101)
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1943
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Dumastatesperson
- Biography
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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Originally an ally of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachyov became a challenger to his leadership.
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Maksim Pokrovsky
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- composersingerpoetmanufactureractor
- Biography
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Maksim Sergeyevich Pokrovsky is a Russian musician, best known as the frontman of the Moscow-based rock band Nogu Svelo!. He has also released some solo songs in Russia and the UK. He is currently working in the United States.
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Sergey Kapitsa
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1949
- Occupations
- television presenterdemographeruniversity teacherphysicistmathematician
- Biography
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Sergey Petrovich Kapitsa was a Russian physicist and demographer. He was best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian scientific TV show, Evident, but Incredible. His father was the Nobel laureate Soviet-era physicist Pyotr Kapitsa, and his brother was the geographer and Antarctic explorer Andrey Kapitsa.
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Tatyana Lioznova
- Occupations
- drama teacherscreenwriterfilm directortheatrical directorlecturer
- Biography
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Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova was a Soviet film director and screenwriter best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).
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Yelena Serova
- Occupations
- politicianexplorerastronautmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Yelena Olegovna Serova is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. She served as a Deputy in the State Duma of Russian Federation between 2016 and 2021.
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Dmitry Zimin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1957
- Occupations
- writerbusinesspersonentrepreneurradio technicianscientist
- Biography
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Dmitry Borisovich Zimin was a Russian radio scientist and businessman, who was the founder and honorary president of VimpelCom. From his retirement in the early 2000s, he became known as a philanthropist. He founded the Dynasty Foundation and the Zimin Foundation.
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Vladislav Volkov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- astronautengineerwriter
- Biography
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Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the only three people to have died in outer space.
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Mikhail Yangel
- Years
- 1911-1971 (aged 60)
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1931-1937
- Occupations
- engineermilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.
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Andrej Kabjakow
- Occupations
- politicianeconomistengineerdiplomat
- Biography
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Andrei Vladimirovich Kobyakov is a Belarusian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Belarus between 2014 and 2018, appointed by president Alexander Lukashenko on 27 December 2014. Before this appointment, Kobyakov served as Lukashenko's Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2014.
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Armen Grigoryan
- Occupations
- paintersingerpoetguitaristcomposer
- Biography
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Armen Grigoryan is a singer/songwriter, artist, and the front man (and main songwriter) of "Krematorij" (Crematorium) Russian rock-band.
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Lion Izmaylov
- Occupations
- writerlyricistshort story writersatiristpoet
- Biography
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Lion Izmailov, real name Lion Moiseevich Polyak (Russian: Лио́н Моисе́евич По́ляк; born 5 May 1940 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian satirist writer, screenwriter and entertainer.
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Fyodor Yurchikhin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1983
- Occupations
- aircraft piloteconomistengineerastronaut
- Biography
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Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin is a Russian cosmonaut of Pontic Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights. His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mission STS-112. His second was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer for Expedition 15; for this mission he was launched in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft. He has undertaken two further long-duration stays aboard the ISS, as a crew member of Expedition 24 / 25. For this mission he was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, and he landed in November 2010, also with the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft. He served as Soyuz commander for his fourth mission aboard Soyuz TMA-09M, as flight engineer for Expedition 36 and ISS commander for Expedition 37. In April 2017, Yurchikhin launched on Soyuz MS-04 for the fifth spaceflight of his career, a six-month mission to the ISS as part of Expedition 51 and 52, for which he was the commander.
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Vadim Panov
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Vadim Panov is a Russian fantasy and science-fiction writer. He is the author of the series Tainy gorod, which has been translated into English, as well as the series Anklavy (Enclaves), and Club Moscow.
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Anatoly Dobrynin
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin was a Soviet statesman, diplomat, and politician. He was the Soviet ambassador to the United States for more than two decades, from 1962 to 1986.
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Igor Volk
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1969
- Occupations
- inventorastronautmilitary officertest pilotaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Igor Petrovich Volk was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme.
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Anatoly Kvochur
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- military aviatortest pilotinventormilitary officer
- Biography
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Anatoly Nikolayevich Kvochur was a Soviet and Russian test pilot. He was awarded the awards Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR (1990) and Hero of the Russian Federation (1992).
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Musa Manarov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- politicianengineerastronautmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Musa Khiramanovich Manarov is a former Soviet cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space.
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Magomed Tolboyev
- Occupations
- politiciantest pilotastronautmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev is a former high-profile Soviet-era test pilot who initially came to public attention as a test pilot for the Buran space shuttle. He is from Dagestan. He continued his career after the collapse of the Soviet Union, working on both civilian and military aircraft in Russia, and held several governmental appointments including in the Aviation Ministry. He was decorated with the title Hero of Russia and other honors before retiring from active service. He continues to be a part-time consultant and commentator on aviation issues.
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Mikhail Korniyenko
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko is a Russian cosmonaut who has undertaken multiple missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor
- Occupations
- entrepreneurphilanthropist
- Biography
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Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor is an Israeli-British-Russian businessman and oligarch.
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Viktor Avdyushko
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Viktor Antonovich Avdyushko was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist of the Russian SFSR.
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Nikolay Firyubin
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Nikolay Pavlovich Firyubin was a Soviet diplomat.
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Valeri Kubasov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- astronautengineerwriter
- Biography
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Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo–Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. On 21 July 1975, the Soyuz 7K-TM module used for ASTP landed in Kazakhstan at 5:51 p.m. and Kubasov was the first to exit the craft. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin.
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Mikhail Pogosyan
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerinventorscientistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan is a Russian aerospace engineer. He is the former general director of Sukhoi and the United Aircraft Corporation and the current rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute. He is of Armenian descent.
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Vitaly Sevastyanov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1953
- Occupations
- politicianinventorastronautmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.
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Yevgeniya Chirikova
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticianentrepreneurenvironmentalisthuman rights activist
- Biography
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Yevgeniya Sergeyevna Chirikova is a Russian environmental activist, primarily known for opposing the building of a motorway through Khimki Forest near Moscow. She has also played a prominent role in the 2011–2013 Russian protests following disputed parliamentary elections in Russia. Chirikova has also been credited with "stimulating nationwide interest in political reform". She is currently based in Estonia.
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Viktor Pugachev
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary personneltest pilot
- Biography
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Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev is a retired Russian Air Force officer and a former Soviet test pilot who was the first to demonstrate the so-called Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre to the general public in 1989, flying an Su-27. The Gold medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to him in the late 1980s. He graduated from the Yeysk Higher Military Order of Lenin Aviation School in 1970, test-pilot school in 1978 and the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1980. After two years with Gromov Flight Research Institute he joined OKB Sukhoi where he tested the Su-9, Su-15, Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27. On 1 November 1989 he landed a Su-27K on an aircraft carrier for the first time in Soviet history. He became famous after his 1989 Su-27 demonstrations on the Paris Airshow. Pugachev is credited with first ever non-vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
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Olga Timofeeva
- Occupations
- member of the State Dumajournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Olga Victorovna Timofeeva is a deputy for the United Russia party in the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation and a former journalist. She is Deputy chairman of the State Duma since 9 October 2017, and represents the Stavropol territory. Previously, she was head of the Ecology and Environmental Protection Committee.
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Genrikh Novozhilov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1943-1949
- Occupations
- military flight engineerpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Genrikh Vasilyevich Novozhilov was a Soviet and Russian aircraft designer. He was a key designer of multiple Ilyushin passenger aircraft including the Il-18, Il-62, Il-76, and Il-96.
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Pavel Vinogradov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1971-1977
- Occupations
- astronauttest cosmonautengineer
- Biography
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Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov is a former cosmonaut and commander of the International Space Station. He has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station, and was one of the top 10 astronauts in terms of total time in space after his third spaceflight. Vinogradov has also conducted seven spacewalks in his cosmonaut career, and holds the record for the oldest person to perform a spacewalk.
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Anastasia Brukhanova
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anastasia Andreyevna Bryukhanova is a Russian opposition politician and public figure.
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Dmitry Ananyev
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianstatesperson
- Biography
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Dmitry Nikolaevich Ananyev is a Russian politician who served as a senator from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug from 2006 to 2013.
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Igor Vittel
- Occupations
- presentermanufacturertelevision presenterwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Igor Stanislavovich Vittel is a Russian journalist and TV personality most known for his continuous work at Russian "business TV" channel RBC TV. He is also known as an expert guest at numerous political talk shows on major Russian TV channels such as Channel 1. He is systematically involved in other creative and political activities.
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Yevgeny Adamov
- Occupations
- nuclear engineerChernobyl liquidator
- Biography
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Yevgeny Olegovich Adamov is a Soviet and Russian nuclear engineer and politician. He was the director of the N. A. Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET) from 1986 to 1998. He served as the Minister for Atomic Energy of Russia from 1998 to 2001, member of the Security Council of Russia from 1998 to 2000, and adviser to the Prime Minister of Russia from 2002 to 2004.
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Sergei Kramarenko
- Occupations
- fighter pilotairman
- Biography
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Sergei Makarovich Kramarenko was a Soviet Air Force officer who fought in World War II and the Korean War. For his service in Korea he became a holder of the Title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He achieved several high command positions in the USSR and was also Air Force advisor in Iraq and Algeria in the 1970s. Retired in 1977 with the rank of major-general, he lived with his family in Moscow.
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Aleksandr Shmurnov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1990
- Occupations
- journalistsports journalist
- Biography
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Alexander Ivanovich Shmurnov is a Russian sports journalist, radio host, television commentator, who worked for the Russian Match TV channel until 2022. Former chief editor of a sports Internet portal Championat.com. Creator and author of the YouTube channel “Shmurnov Time”
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Nikolai Budarin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- astronautmember of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station. He has also performed eight career spacewalks with a total time of 44 hours.
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Valentin Lebedev
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1960
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotwriterengineerastronaut
- Biography
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Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
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Viktor Afanasyev
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1976-1980
- Occupations
- astronautmilitary personnelaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva, born in 1952. They have two children. His father, Mikhail Z. Afanasyev, is deceased. His mother, Marya S. Afanasyeva, resides in Merkulyevo, Bryansk region, Russia. His recreational interests include football, swimming, and tourism. He considers his favorite meal to be borscht.
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Viktor Makeyev
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1944-1948
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianinventorscientist
- Biography
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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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Nkeirouka Ezekh
- Occupations
- curler
- Biography
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Nkeirouka Khilarievna "Kira" Ezekh is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team out of Saint Petersburg. The team won the 2022 Russian Curling Championships.
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Aleksandr Lazutkin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin is a former Russian cosmonaut.
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Mikhail Tyurin
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1984
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his work as a cosmonaut.
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Anatoly Artsebarsky
- Occupations
- astronauttest pilotaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
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Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
- Occupations
- astronautengineerwriter
- Biography
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6, he spent 147 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes in space.
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Yury Usachov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- astronautengineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Yury Vladimirovich Usachov is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow. Usachov is a veteran of four spaceflights, including two long-duration missions on board the Mir Space Station and another on board the International Space Station. During his career, he also conducted seven spacewalks before his retirement on April 5, 2004.
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Semyon Kosberg
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- engineermilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg was a Soviet engineer, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961).
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Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov
- Occupations
- statespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov was a Russian politician. He served as the Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod 1994–1997, and the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in 1997–2001. He was also awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod.
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Andrei Babkin
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Andrei Nikolaevich Babkin is a Russian Engineer and Cosmonaut who was selected in April 2010. He was scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2020 onboard Soyuz MS-16, although in February 2020 he and Nikolai Tikhonov were removed from the flight for medical reasons. Russian media reported that based on future crew assignments, he was unlikely to ever fly into space for Roscosmos. In September 2024, he was removed from the roster of active cosmonauts.
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Guy Severin
- Occupations
- alpine skiernon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Guy Ilyich Severin was a Soviet and Russian scientist, engineer, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of technical science, professor, full member of the International Academy of Astronautics, inventor and producer of a number of aerospace life-rescue systems and space suits.
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Alexey Chepa
- Occupations
- member of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Alexey Vasilyevich Chepa is a Russian politician who has served as a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.
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Oleg Savchenko
- Occupations
- businesspersonmember of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Oleg Vladimirovich Savchenko is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th State Dumas.
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Yuri Bychkov
- Occupations
- art historianwriterliterary historianliterary scholar
- Biography
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Yuri Alexandrovich Bychkov was an art historian, a member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, director of writer's house museum Melikhovo in 1994-2004.
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Wang Yongzhi
- Occupations
- engineermilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Wang Yongzhi was a Chinese aerospace scientist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a commissioner of the 11th National People's Political Consultative Conference. He is notable for serving as the general architect and designer of China's Shenzhou program from 1992 to 2006 overseeing the first six Shenzhou missions. In 2003, he was awarded the nation's highest scientific and technological prize, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, by President Hu Jintao. Wang Yongzhi graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1961. Wang died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 91.
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Alexander Izosimov
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Alexander Vadimovich Izosimov is a Russian businessman who is noted for being the CEO of Vimpelcom between October 2003 and May 2011.
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Arseny Mironov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1936-1941
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary flight engineerinventorscientistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Arseny Dmitrievich Mironov was a Russian scientist, aerospace engineer, and aviator. He was one of the oldest researchers in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing, a Gromov Flight Research Institute (GFRI) director from 1981 to 1985, a recipient of the Stalin Prize in 1948 and the USSR State Prize in 1976, and an honorary citizen of Zhukovsky.
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Alexander Bereznyak
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
- Biography
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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Bereznyak was a Soviet aircraft and missile designer. He was the chief designer of MKB Raduga, from March 1957.
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Georgi Mosolov
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary personneltest pilot
- Biography
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Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov was a Soviet Russian test pilot. He attained the rank of Polkovnik (Colonel). He attained two world air speed records, in either the Mikoyan MiG-21 or the prototype Mikoyan Ye-66, as well as one altitude record. Colonel Mosolov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Lenin Prize.
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Ye Zhengda
- Years
- 1927-2017 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianindustrial designer
- Biography
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Ye Zhengda was a Chinese aircraft designer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was also an adjunct professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.
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Alexander Dynkin
- Occupations
- researchereconomist
- Biography
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Alexander A. Dynkin is a Russian economist whose research interests and publications have been in growth, forecasting, international comparisons, technological innovation and energy studies. He is the President of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) (Russian Academy of Science)
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Aleksandr Gorbunov
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov is a Russian cosmonaut and aerospace engineer. A native of Zheleznogorsk, he graduated with a degree in engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute.
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Lyudmila Titova
- Occupations
- speed skater
- Biography
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Lyudmila Yevgenyevna Titova is a retired Russian speed skater.
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Konstantin Kozeyev
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- astronautengineer
- Biography
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Konstantin Mirovich Kozeyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut.
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Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary flight engineerengineerastronaut
- Biography
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Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya is a former Russian cosmonaut. She had been due to fly on Soyuz TM-32, but was cut in order to accommodate American space tourist Dennis Tito. She later retired from the service in 2004, to become a commercial pilot with Russian carrier Aeroflot.
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Valery Kovalev
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpatron of the arts
- Biography
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Valery Kovalyov — Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Wikipedian.
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Mikhail Timonov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov is a Russian politician. Member of the Moscow City Duma, leader of the Opposition (2019 – 2024).
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Viktor Abramov
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Dumastatesperson
- Biography
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Viktor Semyonovich Abramov, born 18 August 1956 in Min-Kush, Kyrgyzstan, is a Russian politician.
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Nikolai Zykov
- Occupations
- theatrical directorfilm directorpuppeteeractor
- Biography
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Nikolai Zykov is a Soviet and Russian actor, director, artist, designer, puppet-maker, and master puppeteer.
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Yelena Gorchakova
- Occupations
- javelin throwerathletics competitor
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Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she set a world record in the qualification that remained unbeaten for eight years.
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Sergey Kononykhin
- Occupations
- figure skating judgesports commentator
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Sergey Nikolaevich Kononykhin is a Soviet sports commentator (figure skating), a judge of figure skating competitions on skates. Master of Sports of the USSR in figure skating. Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
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Galina Strutinskaya
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya is a Russian chess player, trainer and international arbiter. She won the Women's World Senior Chess Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+). The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Strutinskaya also won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in the 50+ category in 2016 and 2017.
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Viktor Litvinov
- Enrolled in Moscow Aviation Institute
- Studied in 1937
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary flight engineer
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Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov was a Soviet Russian aircraft designer and organizer of the aircraft industry.
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Valentina Kuznetsova
- Occupations
- skierengineer
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Valentina Mikhailovna Kuznetsova was a Soviet - Russian radio technician and polar researcher.
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Konstantin Bushuyev
- Occupations
- engineer
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Konstantin Davydovich Bushuyev was a Soviet engineer and director of the Apollo–Soyuz for the Soviet Union.
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Mikhail Smirnovsky
- Years
- 1921-1989 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnovsky was a Soviet diplomat and a specialist in Soviet relations with English-speaking countries. He was first secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 1953, and served a second time in Washington as the minister-counselor and second-ranking officer of the Embassy at the beginning of the 1960s. Around 1963 Smirnovsky returned to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, where he was chief of the USA section of the Ministry. In 1966 he became Soviet Ambassador to the United Kingdom, where he served until 1973. It is believed that he was later, in Moscow, a member of the Foreign Ministry's Collegium, understood to have been an advisory group of senior officers. He was a player in US-Soviet relations at critical times, including the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Smirnovsky was viewed by American colleagues as an efficient, businesslike diplomat who, in contrast to many other Soviet officials, eschewed rudeness and avoided unnecessary exaggeration.
