24 Notable alumni of
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
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The Moscow State University of Railway Engineering is 1058th in the world, 363rd in Europe, and 29th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Yakov Dzhugashvili
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- senior lieutenantmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. His father, then a young revolutionary in his mid-20s, left the child to be raised by his late wife's family. In 1921, when Dzhugashvili had reached the age of fourteen, he was brought to Moscow, where his father had become a leading figure in the Bolshevik government, eventually becoming head of the Soviet Union. Disregarded by Stalin, Dzhugashvili was a shy, quiet child who appeared unhappy and attempted suicide several times as a youth. Married twice, Dzhugashvili had three children, two of whom reached adulthood.
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Alexander Maslyakov
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- television presentermanufacturertelevision producerfilm producerpresenter
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Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov is a prominent Soviet and Russian television game show host. He is a well known, iconic figure throughout the former USSR, having been on the screen for the greater part of most people's lives. Since 1964, the leader and presenter of the TV show «KVN». In this he compares with personalities such as Bob Barker or Dick Clark on American television.
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
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- entrepreneurpoliticianeconomistbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
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Bidzina Ivanishvili is a Georgian politician and oligarch, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013.
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Kris Kelmi
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 1977
- Occupations
- keyboardistcomposerrock musicianbass guitaristpianist
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Kris Kelmi was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. He was a member of the bands Leap Summer, Autograph, and Rock Atelier. Some of his most well-known songs are Night Rendezvous, Closing the Ring, and Tired Taxi. Most online sources indicated that Kelmi was a pseudonym, and the musician's surname was Kalinkin. Kelmi denied this version. Kelmi believed that he most likely was Lithuanian on his father's side, explaining that there is a town in Lithuania called Kelmė, which is consonant with his last name. Kris took the nickname in 1972, after Dr. Kris Kelvin, the hero of Stanisław Lem's novel, Solaris.
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Len Blavatnik
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- entrepreneurfinancieractorpatron of the artschairperson
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Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik is a Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. As of January 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $31.3 billion. In 2017, Blavatnik received a knighthood for services to philanthropy.
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Igor Guberman
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- writerdissidentpoet
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Igor Mironovich Guberman is a Jewish Russian writer and poet who lives in Israel since 1988. His poetry has received a great deal of acclaim primarily because of his signature aphoristic and satiric quatrains that he called gariki in Russian (singular: garik, which is also the diminutive form of the author's first name, Igor). These short poems (originally Guberman called them "Jewish Dazibao") usually feature an ABAB rhyme scheme, employ various poetic meters, and cover a wide range of subjects including antisemitism, immigrant life, anti-religious sentiment, and the author's complicated relationship with Russia, Israel, and the respective cultures. Gariki are mostly humorous and often paradoxical, verging on philosophical.
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Vyacheslav Malezhik
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- guitaristcomposersinger-songwritermulti-instrumentalistsinger
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Vyacheslav Yefimovich Malezhik is a Soviet and Russian singer, poet and composer, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation (2004). He participated in various musical groups, but became most famous as a solo artist. Malezhik is married and has two sons.
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Alexander Voloshin
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- politicianentrepreneur
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Alexander Stalyevich Voloshin is a Russian politician who briefly was chairman of the board of directors of RAO UES, the former Russian state power utility, which was liquidated as part of the country's comprehensive power sector reforms on 1 July 2008. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Konstantin Borovoi
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- human rights activistpoliticianmember of the State Dumaentrepreneur
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Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi is a liberal Russian politician and entrepreneur, Russian Parliament Member (1995–2000), former Chair of Party of Economic Freedom (1992–2003), and Chair of Party Western Choice (since 17 March 2013).
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Maxim Suraykin
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 2000
- Occupations
- politician
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Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the political party Communists of Russia (2012–22) and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast (2018–22). Suraykin was the Communists of Russia's candidate in the 2018 presidential election.
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Panteleimon Ponomarenko
- Years
- 1902-1984 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
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Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistance in Belarus. He served as an administrator at various positions within the Soviet government, including the leadership positions in Byelorussian and Kazakh SSRs.
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Alexey Gordeyev
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- economistpoliticianuniversity teachermember of the State Duma
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Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev is a Russian politician who served as Member and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. Previously he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004 and from 2018 to 2020, Governor of Voronezh Oblast from 2009 to 2017 and Agriculture Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2009.
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Anton Megerdichev
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Anton Yevgenievich Megerdichev is a Russian director and screenwriter.
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Leonid Boguslavsky
- Occupations
- businessperson
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Leonid Boguslavsky is a USSR-born Canadian entrepreneur, scientist and venture capital investor. He was named the Internet investor of the year (Forbes, 2012) and the most successful investor of the year (RBC, 2017). He is the founder of RTP Global, a venture capital firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Bangalore and Dubai. He was one of the first investors in companies such as Datadog or Delivery Hero. Boguslavsky is in Forbes' billionaires list. His wealth is self-made from venture capital investments with more than 99% created outside of Russia. He is widely considered one of the most successful technology investors.
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Vladimir Sloutsker
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- statespersonpoliticianbusinessperson
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Vladimir Iosifovich Sloutsker is a Russian businessman and former senator who represented Chuvash Republic in the Russian parliament. Sloutsker is the co-founder and President of the Israeli Jewish Congress.
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Anatoly Lysenko
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- editing staffdirectortelevision presenterjournalistfilm director
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Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko was a Soviet and Russian television figure, journalist, director, producer. Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR. On 18 July 2012 he was appointed general director of Public Television of Russia.
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Vladimir Bulavin
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- military officer
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Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (2016-2023).
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Elena Letuchaya
- Enrolled in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- television presentermanufacturerpublic figurepresenterjournalist
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Elena Alexandrovna Letuchaya (Russian: Елена Александровна Летучая; is a Russian journalist, television presenter, producer and director. Host of Revizorro on the channel Friday!. She is the author of documentaries for TV channels TV3, STS and Friday!. She is the author and presenter of ART Life and Territory of men on the channel, Global Star TV. She graduated from School of broadcasting "MITRO", where she currently heads the "Workshop of Elena Letuchaya".
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Ivan Alexandrov
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- economistengineer
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Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov was a Russian and Soviet engineer who played a significant role in the modernization of the Soviet Union.
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Anatoly Popov
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- Chernobyl liquidatorpolitician
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Anatoly Alexandrovich Popov is an ethnic Russian who was the Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, Russia, from February 10, 2003, following the resignation of Mikhail Babich, to March 16, 2004. He was also acting President of the Chechen Republic from August 2003 to October 2003 during the presidential elections.
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Alexander Hrennikoff
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- civil engineer
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Alexander Pavlovich Hrennikoff was a Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method.
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Mikhail Kharit
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- architect
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Mikhail Kharit – a Soviet and Russian scientist, architect, PhD in Engineering Science, professor, writer, Lenin Komsomol Prize laureate in science and technology.
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Elena Mikhailovskaya
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- draughts player
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Elena Konstantinovna Mikhailovskaya was the first female World champion in international draughts. She won this title five times in a row (1973–1977). Before that she was four-time champion of the Soviet Union in Russian checkers (1969–1972). Later she was coaching and heading the Moscow draughts federation.
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Alex Moiseyev
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- draughts player
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Alexander Moiseyev is a Soviet-born American draughts player. He holds the title of Grandmaster in international draughts, Russian draughts and English draughts. In this latter he was world champion in the 3-move variation from 2003 to 2013, winning five world championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011.
