72 Notable alumni of
Moscow State Pedagogical University
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Moscow State Pedagogical University is 440th in the world, 153rd in Europe, and 9th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 72 notable alumni from Moscow State Pedagogical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Yuliya Snigir
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actortelevision presenter
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Yuliya Viktorovna Snigir is a Russian actress and model.
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Ravshana Kurkova
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- stage actorsingeractorfashion modelmodel
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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.
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Raisa Gorbacheva
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- public figuresociologistuniversity teacherpoliticianphilosopher
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Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva was a Soviet-Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Ekaterina Gordon
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- presenterfilm directorpoetjurist
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Ekaterina Viktorovna Gordon is a Russian TV and radio presenter, musician, actress and public figure.
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Alexei Venediktov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- pedagogueradio personalityediting staffteacherjournalist
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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.
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Alla Pokrovskaya
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- drama teacheractortheatrical director
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Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya was a Soviet-Russian actress and educator.
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Batu Khasikov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- boxerpoliticiankaratekakickboxerstatesperson
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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.
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Elena Dementieva
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- television presentertennis player
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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.
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Anita Tsoy
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- entrepreneurtelevision presentersingerphilanthropistpoet
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Anna Sergeyevna "Anita" Tsoy is a Russian singer-songwriter of Korean descent. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2021).
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Radik Yuliakshin
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- singermusician
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Elvin Grey is the stage name of Radik Yulyakshin (Bashkir: Радик Юлъяҡшин, Russian: Радик Юльякшин), a Russian pop singer and producer of Bashkir descent.
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Maxim Trankov
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- figure skaterfigure skating coach
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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.
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Tatiana Felgenhauer
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- editing staffjournalistradio personality
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Tatyana Vladimirovna Felgenhauer is a Russian journalist, correspondent and presenter of Echo of Moscow radio station, and its deputy editor-in-chief.
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Veronika Dolina
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- lyricistsongwriterwritercomposertranslator
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Veronika Arkadyevna Dolina is a Soviet and Russian poet, bard, and songwriter. She is the mother of Russian film critic Anton Dolin.
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Timofey Bazhenov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 2001
- Occupations
- presenterjournalisttelevision presenterradio personalitywriter
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Timofey Timofeyevich Bazhenov is a Russian political figure, former TV host, and deputy in the 8th convocation of the State Duma.
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Yuliy Kim
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- poetguitaristcomposersinger-songwriterlyricist
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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.
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Yevgeny Dodolev
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- publisherpresentermanufacturerdirectorediting staff
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Yevgeny Yuriyevich Dodolev is a Soviet and Russian journalist, publisher, and one of hosts at a state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1.
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Vasily Vlasov
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- member of the State Dumapolitician
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Vasily Maksimovich Vlasov is a Russian politician. He is a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation from 5 October 2016, year. Since April 2019, he was the first deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on natural resources, property and land relations. Stripped of his mandate on November 1, 2023, for absenteeism from committee meetings.
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Pyotr Fomenko
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- pedagoguescreenwritertheatrical directorfilm director
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Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko was a Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenko Workshop. Created 60 productions in theaters in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tbilisi, Wroclaw, Salzburg and Paris.
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Maria Paseka
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- artistic gymnast
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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.
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Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin
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- writerprose writershort story writer
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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.
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Dmitri Vrubel
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- graffiti artistpainter
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Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel was a Russian painter. He was best known for his East Side Gallery-painting My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, depicting the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker.
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Mikhail Roshchin
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- writerplaywrightscreenwriter
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.
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Alexander Dvorkin
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1972-1975
- Occupations
- church historianOrthodox theologianmedievalistreligious studies scholarradiographer
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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.
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Vladimir Lukin
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- politicianstatespersondiplomatmember of the State Duma
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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.
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Sergei Mitrokhin
- Occupations
- member of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Sergey Sergeyevich Mitrokhin is a Russian politician.
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Dmitry Kuzmin
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- translatorediting staffliterary scholarpoetliterary historian
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Kuzmin, is a Russian poet, critic, and publisher.
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Yevgeny Zharinov
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- scientist
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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.
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Nora Gal
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1937
- Occupations
- translatorprose writerwriterediting stafflinguist
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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.
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Sergei Loiko
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- photographerwriterjournalistwar correspondent
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Sergey Leonidovich Loiko 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.
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Turdakun Usubalijew
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1955
- Occupations
- school teacherpolitician
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Turdakun Usubalievich 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.
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Oleg Prokofiev
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- sculptorpainterpoet
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Oleg Sergeyevich Prokofiev was an artist, sculptor and poet, and the son of composer Sergei Prokofiev.
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Andrei Isayev
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- trade unionistmember of the State Dumapolitician
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Andrey Konstantinovich Isayev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.
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Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko
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- writerjournalisthistorian
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Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseenko was a Russian historian and writer.
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Artsvik
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- composersinger
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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.
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Georgy Satarov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- mathematicianpolitician
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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.
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Alexander Shubin
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1989
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- public figureopinion journalistuniversity teacherpoliticianhistorian
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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.
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Dmitry Shparo
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- university teachermathematicianexploreramateur radio operator
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Dmitry Shparo is a Russian Arctic explorer and endurance skier. He is internationally known for twice reaching the North Pole on snow skis.
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Dmitry Vodennikov
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- writerprose writerpoet
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Dmitry Vodennikov is a Russian poet and essayist.
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Nigar Rafibeyli
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- writertranslatorplaywrightpoet
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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.
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Vasyl Barka
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- translatorpoetliterary criticwriterlinguist
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Vasyl Barka was an American-residing Ukrainian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator.
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Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- 1951-1954 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- mathematician
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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.
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Pinchas Polonsky
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1975-1980
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- sociologistJudaic scholaruniversity teachertheologianphilosopher
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Pinchas Polonsky is a rabbi, 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.
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Natalia Shvedova
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- lexicographeruniversity teacherlinguist
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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.
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Alexander Panzhinskiy
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- cross-country skier
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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.
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Artem Metelev
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- member of the State Dumapublic figure
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Artem Pavlovich Metelev is a Russian political figure and a chairman of the State Duma committee on youth policy, deputy of the 8th State Duma from 2021.
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Irina Belykh
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- politicianmember of the State Dumapedagogue
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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.
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Oleg A. Lekmanov
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1991
- Occupations
- literary historianliterary scholar
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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.
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Alexander F. Gavrilov
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- presenterjournalisttelevision presenterliterary criticrestaurateur
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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.
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Raisa Musina
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- basketball player
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Raisa Aleksandrovna Musina is a Russian basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg and the Russian national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017.
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Vahan Hovhannisyan
- Enrolled in Moscow State Pedagogical University
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- politician
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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.
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Gennady Kostyrchenko
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- historianpolitical scientist
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Gennady Vasilyevich Kostyrchenko is a Soviet and Russian historian, specializing in Soviet politics and national relations.
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Lara Vapnyar
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- writer
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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.
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Aleksey Kuznetsov
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- jazz guitaristclassical guitaristcomposer
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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.
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Aleksandr Chudinov
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- scientist
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Alexandr Viktorovich Chudinov is a Soviet and Russian historian, Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences (1997), works in Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1984). Alexander is a specialist in the history and historiography of French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, social thinking of France, Britain and Russia, international relations. He is a member of the International Commission on the History of the French Revolution (since 2005) and is one of the authors of the Great Russian Encyclopedia and The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars. Alexander has also authored manuals for students.
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Vadim Zakharov
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- photographerconceptual artistperformance artistartist
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Vadim Zakharov is an internationally exhibited Russian conceptual artist living and working in Moscow and Cologne, Germany.
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Yuri Gastev
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- translatormathematicianphilosopher
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Yuri Gastev was a Soviet mathematician and cybernetician who became an active dissident, finally emigrating to the USA.
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Iosif Rangheț
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- politician
- Biography
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Iosif Rangheț was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian communist activist and politician.
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Alexander Soifer
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- mathematician
- Biography
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Alexander Soifer is a Russian-born American mathematician and mathematics author.
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Serge Tabachnikov
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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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.
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Marina Kuptsova
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- high jumperathletics competitor
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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.
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Victor Kanke
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- university teacherphilosopher
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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).
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Simon Gindikin
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- mathematicianpedagogue
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Simon Grigorevich Gindikin is a mathematician at Rutgers University who introduced the Gindikin–Karpelevich formula for the Harish-Chandra c-function.
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Michael Lev
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- writerjournalistactor
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Michael Lev (3 July 1917 - 23 May 2013) was a Yiddish language writer from Podolia.
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Olimpiada Kozlova
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- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Olimpiada Vasilyevna Kozlova was a Soviet economist, professor, and founder of management education in the Soviet Union.
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Georgy Kiesewalter
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- painter
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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.
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Anatoly Pavlovich Shikman
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- writer
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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"
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Albert Muchnik
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- 1934-2019 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Albert Abramovich Muchnik was a Russian mathematician who worked in the field of foundations and mathematical logic.
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Olya Kroytor
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- painter
- Biography
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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'.
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Vadim Gratshev
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- entomologistpaleoentomologistpaleontologist
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Vadim Gratshev was a Russian entomologist, and expert in paleoentomology.
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Helena Knyazeva
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- teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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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.
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Yevgeny Seryayev
- Occupations
- speed skater
- Biography
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Yevgeny Seryayev is a Russian speed-skater.
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Denis Semionov
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Denis Semionov - is a Russian new media artist.
