72 Notable Alumni of Moscow State Pedagogical University

Yuliya Snigir

Born in: Russia
Years: 1983-.. (age 43)
Occupations: modeltelevision actortelevision presenterfilm actor
Biography: Yuliya Viktorovna Snigir is a Russian actress and model.

Ravshana Kurkova

Born in: Uzbekistan
Years: 1980-.. (age 46)
Occupations: actorfashion modelmodelfilm actorstage actor
Biography: Ravshana Bahramovna Kurkova is an Uzbek-Russian actress of theater, film and dubbing, and producer. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.

Raisa Gorbacheva

Born in: Russia
Years: 1932-1999 (aged 67)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianphilosopherpublic figuresociologist
Biography: Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva was a Soviet and Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Ekaterina Gordon

Born in: Russia
Years: 1980-.. (age 46)
Occupations: presenterfilm directorpoetjurist
Biography: Ekaterina Viktorovna Gordon is a Russian TV and radio presenter, musician, actress and public figure.

Alexei Venediktov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1978
Occupations: pedagogueradio personalityediting staffmedia managerteacher
Biography: Alexei Alexeyevich Venediktov is a Russian journalist, former editor-in-chief, host and co-owner of the Echo of Moscow radio station, as well as publisher of Diletant history magazine.

Alla Pokrovskaya

Born in: Russia
Years: 1937-2019 (aged 82)
Occupations: drama teacheractortheatrical director
Biography: Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.

Batu Khasikov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1980-.. (age 46)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 2003
Occupations: politiciankaratekakickboxerstatespersonboxer
Biography: Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov is a Russian politician, activist and former kickboxer who has served as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia since 2019. He previously served as a Russian Federation Senator from 2012 to 2014 and Member of the People's Khural from 2008 to 2012.

Elena Dementieva

Born in: Russia
Years: 1981-.. (age 45)
Occupations: television presentertennis player
Biography: Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the WTA. Dementieva won 16 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, adding to a silver medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was also the runner-up at the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open, and reached seven other major semifinals. Dementieva was part of the victorious Russian team at the 2005 Fed Cup. In doubles, she won six titles, including the 2002 WTA Championships with Janette Husárová, and was runner-up in two US Open finals.

Anita Tsoy

Born in: Russia
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
Occupations: composeractorwriterpresenterentrepreneur
Biography: Anna Sergeyevna "Anita" Tsoy is a Russian singer-songwriter of Korean descent. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2021).

Radik Yuliakshin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1989-.. (age 37)
Occupations: singermusician
Biography: Elvin Grey is the stage name of Radik Yulyakshin (Bashkir: Радик Юлъяҡшин, Russian: Радик Юльякшин), a Russian pop singer and producer of Bashkir descent.

Maxim Trankov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1983-.. (age 43)
Occupations: figure skaterfigure skating coach
Biography: Maxim Leonidovich Trankov is a Russian pair skater. With Tatiana Volosozhar, he is a two-time 2014 Olympic champion in the pairs and in team events, the 2013 World champion, a four-time (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) European champion, the 2012 Grand Prix Final champion, and a three-time (2011, 2013, 2016) Russian national champion. They have also won six events on the Grand Prix series.

Tatiana Felgenhauer

Born in: Uzbekistan
Years: 1985-.. (age 41)
Occupations: radio personalityediting staffjournalist
Biography: Tatyana Vladimirovna Felgenhauer is a Russian journalist, correspondent and presenter of Echo of Moscow radio station, and its deputy editor-in-chief.

Veronika Dolina

Born in: Russia
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1971
Occupations: writercomposertranslatorsinger-songwriterpoet
Biography: Veronika Arkadyevna Dolina is a Soviet and Russian poet, bard, and songwriter. She is the mother of Russian film critic Anton Dolin.

Yuliy Kim

Born in: Russia
Years: 1936-.. (age 90)
Occupations: poetguitaristcomposersinger-songwriterlyricist
Biography: Yuliy Chersanovich Kim is a Russian bard, composer, poet, and songwriter. His songs, encompassing everything from mild humor to biting political satire, appear in dozens of Soviet movies, including Bumbarash, The Twelve Chairs, and An Ordinary Miracle, as well as the songs "The Brave Captain," "The Black Sea," "The Whale-Fish," "Cursed Lips," "Captain Bering," and "Baron Germont Went to War." Since 1998, he has been living in Israel and has made periodic tours throughout Russia, Europe, and the United States.

Timofey Bazhenov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1976-.. (age 50)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 2001
Occupations: radio personalitywriterpresenterpoliticianjournalist
Biography: Timofey Timofeyevich Bazhenov is a Russian political figure, former TV host, and deputy in the 8th convocation of the State Duma.

Yevgeny Dodolev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1957-.. (age 69)
Occupations: directorediting stafftelevision producereditor-in-chiefreporter
Biography: Yevgeny Yuriyevich Dodolev is a Russian journalist, publisher, and a host of the state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1.

Vasily Vlasov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1995-.. (age 31)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Vasily Maksimovich Vlasov is a Russian politician. Head of management of sports and youth policy Russian University of Sports.

Pyotr Fomenko

Born in: Russia
Years: 1932-2012 (aged 80)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directortheatrical directorpedagogueactor
Biography: Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenko Workshop. Created 60 productions in theatres in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tbilisi, Wrocław, Salzburg and Paris.

Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1961-.. (age 65)
Occupations: prose writershort story writerwriter
Biography: Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin is a Russian-Swiss writer and the only author to have won the Russian Booker Prize (2000), the Russian National Bestseller (2005), and the Big Book Prize (2010). His books have been translated into 30 languages. He also writes in German.

Maria Paseka

Born in: Russia
Years: 1995-.. (age 31)
Occupations: artistic gymnast
Biography: Maria Valeryevna Paseka is a Russian artistic gymnast and member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team. During her decade-long career, she has primarily been successful as a vault specialist. On this apparatus, she is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2012), a two-time world champion (2015, 2017), a two-time European champion (2015, 2019), the 2015 Universiade champion, and a two-time Russian national champion (2013, 2019). As a member of the Russian teams at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, Paseka won two silver medals in the team competition.

Dmitri Vrubel

Born in: Russia
Years: 1960-2022 (aged 62)
Occupations: graffiti artistpainter
Biography: Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel was a Russian painter. He was best known for his satirical East Side Gallery-painting My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, depicting the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker.

Alexander Dvorkin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1972-1975
Occupations: church historianOrthodox theologianmedievalistreligious studies scholarradiographer
Biography: Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin is a Russian anti-cult activist. From 1999 to 2012 he was professor and head of the department of the study of new religious movements (cults) at Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University. He is currently professor of department of missiology at that university.

Mikhail Roshchin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1933-2010 (aged 77)
Occupations: playwrightscreenwriterwriter
Biography: Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.

Vladimir Lukin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1937-.. (age 89)
Occupations: diplomatstatespersonpolitician
Biography: Vladimir Petrovich Lukin, sometimes Lokin, (Russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Луки́н, romanized: Vladímir Petróvich Lukín; born 13 July 1937) is a Russian politician who served as Human Rights Commissioner of Russia from February 2004 to March 2014. He was the President of the Russian Paralympic Committee from 1997 to 2021. He was the Russian Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1994.

Yevgeny Zharinov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1954-.. (age 72)
Occupations: scientist
Biography: Yevgeny Viktorovich Zharinov is a Russian writer, literary critic, publicist, translator. Professor of the Department of World Literature, Faculty of Philology, Moscow State Pedagogical University.

Sergei Mitrokhin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1963-.. (age 63)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Sergey Sergeyevich Mitrokhin is a Russian politician.

Dmitry Kuzmin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1968-.. (age 58)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1993
Occupations: literary historianLGBTQ rights activistpublisherman of lettersliterary critic
Biography: Dmitry Vladimirovich Kuzmin, is a Russian poet, critic, and publisher.

Nora Gal

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1912-1991 (aged 79)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1937
Occupations: linguistpoettranslatorediting staffprose writer
Biography: Nora Gal, full name Eleonora Yakovlevna Galperina (Russian: Элеонора Яковлевна Гальперина, April 27, 1912, in Odessa – July 23, 1991) was a Soviet translator, literary critic, and translation theorist.

Turdakun Usubalijew

Born in: Kyrgyzstan
Years: 1919-2015 (aged 96)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1955
Occupations: school teacherpolitician
Biography: Turdakun Usubaly uulu Usubaliev was a Soviet and Kyrgyz politician who served as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia between 1961 and 1985.

Sergei Loiko

Born in: Finland
Years: 1953-.. (age 73)
Occupations: writerjournalistwar correspondentphotographer
Biography: Sergey Leonidovich Loiko (Russian: Сергей Леонидович Лойко, born 26 February 1953 in Moscow USSR, is a writer, war photographer, and journalist. As a journalist and photographer he has covered armed conflicts in Russia and the former USSR since 1991 (Romania, Tajikistan, Chechnya, Georgia) working primarily for the Los Angeles Times. In 2001, Loiko covered the war in Afghanistan and in 2003, the war in Iraq.

Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko

Born in: Russia
Years: 1920-2013 (aged 93)
Occupations: historianwriterjournalist
Biography: Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseenko was a Russian historian and writer.

Andrei Isayev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1964-.. (age 62)
Occupations: trade unionistpolitician
Biography: Andrey Konstantinovich Isayev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.

Artsvik

Born in: Armenia
Years: 1984-.. (age 42)
Occupations: composersinger
Biography: Artsvik Boriki Harutyunyan, better known as simply Artsvik, is a Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. She represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Fly with Me" finishing in 18th place.

Georgy Satarov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1947-.. (age 79)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1972
Occupations: mathematicianpolitician
Biography: Georgy Aleksandrovich Satarov, is a Russian mathematician, politician, political scientist and a former aide to Russian president Boris Yeltsin (1994–1997). He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. Since October 1997, he has headed the InDem Foundation and specializes in researching Russia's political corruption.

Alexander Shubin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1965-.. (age 61)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1989
Occupations: opinion journalistuniversity teacherpoliticianhistorianpublic figure
Biography: Alexander Vladlenovich Shubin is a Russian historian and politician. Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences (2000), Professor at the State Academic University for the Humanities (since 2003) and the Russian State University for the Humanities (since 2007). He's also Principal Researcher at the Federal State Institution of Science Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Dmitry Shparo

Born in: Russia
Years: 1941-.. (age 85)
Occupations: mathematicianexploreramateur radio operatoruniversity teacher
Biography: Dmitry Shparo is a Russian Arctic explorer and endurance skier. He is internationally known for twice reaching the North Pole on snow skis.

Dmitry Vodennikov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1968-.. (age 58)
Occupations: essayisttelevision presenterprose writerwriterpoet
Biography: Dmitry Vodennikov is a Russian poet and essayist.

Nigar Rafibeyli

Born in: Azerbaijan
Years: 1913-1981 (aged 68)
Occupations: translatorplaywrightpoetwriter
Biography: Nigar Khudadat qizi Rafibeyli was an Azerbaijani writer and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. She was the mother of Anar Rzayev, novel and short-story writer, and the wife of the famous writer and poet Rasul Rza.

Vasyl Barka

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1908-2003 (aged 95)
Occupations: literary criticwriterlinguisttranslatorpoet
Biography: Vasyl Barka was an American-residing Ukrainian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator.

Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro

Born in: Russia
Years: 1929-2009 (aged 80)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: 1951-1954 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
Occupations: mathematician
Biography: Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. During a career that spanned 60 years he made major contributions to applied science as well as pure mathematics. In his last forty years his research focused on pure mathematics; in particular, analytic number theory, group representations and algebraic geometry. His main contribution and impact was in the area of automorphic forms and L-functions.

Pinchas Polonsky

Born in: Russia
Years: 1958-.. (age 68)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1975-1980
Occupations: Judaic scholaruniversity teachertheologianphilosophersociologist
Biography: Pinchas Polonsky is a Russian-Israeli Jewish-religious philosopher, researcher, and educator active among the Russian-speaking Jewish community. He has written original books and a number of translations of works on Judaism.

Alexander Panzhinskiy

Born in: Russia
Years: 1989-.. (age 37)
Occupations: cross-country skier
Biography: Alexander Eduardovich Panzhinskiy is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. His best World Cup finish was fifth in a sprint event in Estonia in January 2010.

Artem Metelev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1993-.. (age 33)
Occupations: public figurepolitician
Biography: Artem Pavlovich Metelev is a Russian political figure and a chairman of the State Duma Of Russia committee on youth policy from 12 October 2021 year.

Natalia Shvedova

Born in: Russia
Years: 1916-2009 (aged 93)
Occupations: university teacherlinguistlexicographer
Biography: Natalia Yulievna Shvedova was a Soviet lexicographer who authored several standard outlines of Russian grammar, for which she was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982.

Irina Belykh

Born in: Russia
Years: 1964-.. (age 62)
Occupations: politicianpedagogue
Biography: Irina Viktorovna Belykh is a Russian politician from United Russia. She has been the member of the State Duma for the Khovrino constituency since 2016.

Oleg A. Lekmanov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1991
Occupations: literary historianliterary scholar
Biography: Oleg Andershanovich Lekmanov is a Russian literary scholar, biographer, and professor specializing in Russian poetry and 20th-century literature. His work includes critical studies of Acmeist poetry, Russian avant-garde literature, and biographies of notable Russian authors.

Alexander F. Gavrilov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1970-.. (age 56)
Occupations: literary criticrestaurateurediting staffpresenterjournalist
Biography: Alexander Feliksovich Gavrilov is a Russian literary critic and editor. He was editor-in-chief of the Книжное обозрение Book Review from 2000 to 2010.

Raisa Musina

Born in: Russia
Years: 1998-.. (age 28)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Raisa Aleksandrovna Musina is a Russian basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg and the Russian national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017.

Aleksey Kuznetsov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1941-.. (age 85)
Occupations: classical guitaristcomposerjazz guitarist
Biography: Aleksey Kuznetsov is a Russian guitarist, composer, and guitar pedagogue. Mainly known as a jazz guitarist on the international stage, he has also worked as a classical musician. He is the author of Iz praktiki dzhazovogo gitarista (From the practice of a jazz guitarist; 1993), an instructional book for aspiring jazz guitarists.

Gennady Kostyrchenko

Born in: Russia
Years: 1954-.. (age 72)
Occupations: historianpolitical scientist
Biography: Gennady Vasilyevich Kostyrchenko is a Soviet and Russian historian, specializing in Soviet politics and national relations.

Vahan Hovhannisyan

Born in: Armenia
Years: 1956-2014 (aged 58)
Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University: Studied in 1978
Occupations: politician
Biography: Vahan Hovhannisyan was an Armenian politician of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). He was Vice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2007 to 2008 and was a candidate in the February 2008 presidential election.

Aleksandr Chudinov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1961-.. (age 65)
Occupations: scientist
Biography: Alexandr Viktorovich Chudinov is a Russian historian and researcher at the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences. Chudinov is a specialist in the history of the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, social thinking of France, as well as the international relations of Britain and Russia. He has been a member of the International Commission on the History of the French Revolution since 2005. Chudinov is one of the authors of the Great Russian Encyclopedia and The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars.

Yuri Gastev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1928-1993 (aged 65)
Occupations: mathematicianphilosophertranslator
Biography: Yuri Gastev was a Soviet mathematician and cybernetician who became an active dissident, finally emigrating to the USA.

Lara Vapnyar

Born in: Russia
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
Occupations: writer
Biography: Lara Vapnyar is a Russian-American writer currently living in the United States. She studied comparative literature at CUNY and worked with André Aciman and Louis Menand.

Vadim Zakharov

Born in: Tajikistan
Years: 1959-.. (age 67)
Occupations: conceptual artistperformance artistartistphotographer
Biography: Vadim Zakharov is an internationally exhibited Russian conceptual artist living and working in Moscow and Cologne, Germany.

Iosif Rangheț

Born in: Romania
Years: 1904-1952 (aged 48)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Iosif Rangheț was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian communist activist and politician.

Alexander Soifer

Born in: Russia
Years: 1948-.. (age 78)
Occupations: mathematician
Biography: Alexander Soifer is a Russian-born American mathematician and mathematics author.

Serge Tabachnikov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
Occupations: mathematicianuniversity teacher
Biography: Sergei Tabachnikov, also spelled Serge, is an American mathematician who works in geometry and dynamical systems. He is currently a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University.

Marina Kuptsova

Born in: Russia
Years: 1981-.. (age 45)
Occupations: high jumperathletics competitor
Biography: Marina Kuptsova is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion. Her personal best jump of 2.02 metres was achieved in Hengelo in June 2003, a year when she also won the national championship.

Pyotr Vtorov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1938-1979 (aged 41)
Occupations: biogeographeracarologistzoologistecologistentomologist
Biography: Pyotr Petrovich Vtorov was a Soviet scientist biogeographer, ecologist, zoologist and nature conservation activist. He founded a new direction of scientific research called Synthetic Biogeography, and developed a scientific concept for the creation of reference areas of the biosphere. He was an author of textbooks, a guide to birds, scientific and popular books.

Victor Kanke

Born in: Russia
Years: 1944-.. (age 82)
Occupations: university teacherphilosopher
Biography: Victor Andreyevich Kanke is a Russian philosopher born in the village of Nekrasovo, Slavgorod District, Altai Territory to a German family. He taught physics at school (1966-1974) and philosophy at the Biysk State Teacher Training Institute (1976-1987) and the Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering (since 1987).

Simon Gindikin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1937-.. (age 89)
Occupations: mathematicianpedagogue
Biography: Simon Grigorevich Gindikin is a mathematician at Rutgers University who introduced the Gindikin–Karpelevich formula for the Harish-Chandra c-function.

Michael Lev

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1917-2013 (aged 96)
Occupations: actorwriterjournalist
Biography: Michael Lev (3 July 1917 - 23 May 2013) was a Yiddish language writer from Podolia.

Olimpiada Kozlova

Born in: Russia
Years: 1906-1986 (aged 80)
Occupations: university teachereconomist
Biography: Olimpiada Vasilyevna Kozlova was a Soviet economist, professor, and founder of management education in the Soviet Union.

Anatoly Pavlovich Shikman

Born in: Russia
Years: 1948-.. (age 78)
Occupations: writer
Biography: Anatoly Pavlovich Shikman; born March 12, 1948) is a Russian historian and writer, and a former teacher of Moscow School No. 45. One of the authors of "Book: Encyclopedia", "Moscow Encyclopedia"

Georgy Kiesewalter

Born in: Russia
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Georgy Kiesewalter is a Russian conceptual artist, photographer and essayist, working in different artistic areas from painting to graphic art, from installations to conceptual photography and digital art.

Albert Muchnik

Years: 1934-2019 (aged 85)
Occupations: mathematician
Biography: Albert Abramovich Muchnik was a Russian mathematician who worked in the field of foundations and mathematical logic.

Olya Kroytor

Born in: Russia
Years: 1986-.. (age 40)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Olya Kroytor, full name Olga Igorevna Kroytor, is a Russian contemporary artist, based in Moscow. She works in the mediums of painting, collage, installation, sculpture, image manipulation and performance. She is particularly renowned for her performance pieces, receiving the Kandinsky Prize in 2015 in the category of 'Young artist: Project of the Year'.

Helena Knyazeva

Born in: Russia
Years: 1959-.. (age 67)
Occupations: teacherphilosopher
Biography: Helena Nikolaevna Knyazeva is a Russian philosopher of science, complex systems scientist, scholar of synergetics, and translator into Russian of the works of Ilya Prigogine, Edgar Morin, and others. She is a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

Vadim Gratshev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1963-2006 (aged 43)
Occupations: paleoentomologistpaleontologistentomologist
Biography: Vadim Gratshev was a Russian entomologist, and expert in paleoentomology.

Denis Semionov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1985-.. (age 41)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Denis Semionov - is a Russian and French new media artist.

Yevgeny Seryayev

Born in: Russia
Years: 1988-.. (age 38)
Occupations: speed skater
Biography: Yevgeny Seryayev is a Russian speed-skater.