30 Notable alumni of
National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
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National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute is 1201st in the world, 431st in Europe, and 18th in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic 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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Arsen Avakov
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1988
- Occupations
- politicianbanker
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Arsen Borysovych Avakov is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from 2005 to 2010, a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2007 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2021 and a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. Outside politics, Avakov was a member of Euro 2012 Organizing Committee in 2007 and a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He was awarded the Honored Economist of Ukraine in 2007.
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Alexey Oleinik
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- sambo fighterjujutsukajudokamixed martial arts fighter
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Aleksei Alexeyevich Oleinik is a Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo practitioner. He most notably fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, competing in their heavyweight division. A professional mixed martial artist since 1997, he has also competed for M-1 Global, ProFC, IAFC, Bellator FC, KSW and YAMMA Pit Fighting. He is one of only two fighters to win a UFC fight via Ezekiel choke, and has done so twice. Oleinik also holds the record for most Ezekiel choke wins in MMA competition, with fourteen.
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Maruv
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 2014
- Occupations
- composerfilm producerrecord producermanufacturerpoet
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Anna Borysivna Korsun, known professionally as Maruv (stylized in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer.
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Mikhail Gurevich
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1925
- Occupations
- military flight engineerengineerinventoraircraft pilot
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Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan. The bureau is famous for its fighter aircraft, rapid interceptors and multi-role combat aircraft which were staples of the Soviet Air Forces throughout the Cold War. The bureau designed 170 projects of which 94 were made in series. In total, 45,000 MiG aircraft have been manufactured domestically, of which 11,000 aircraft were exported. The last plane which Gurevich personally worked on before his retirement was the MiG-25.
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Petro Hryhorenko
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- military personneldissidentwriterhuman rights defendermilitary officer
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Petro Grigorenko or Petro Hryhorovych Hryhorenko was a high-ranking Soviet Army commander of Ukrainian descent, who in his fifties became a dissident and a writer, one of the founders of the human rights movement in the Soviet Union.
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Valentina Grizodubova
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- aircraft pilotpolitician
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Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova was one of the first female pilots in the Soviet Union awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the only female Hero of the Soviet Union to also be awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.
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Arkady Inin
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- writerplaywrightactorscreenwriterteacher
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Arkady Yakovlevich Inin, original surname Gurevich (Russian: Гуревич); born 3 May 1938, Kharkov) is a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor, publicist, teacher and professor.
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Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
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Gleb Yevgenyevich Lozino-Lozinskiy was a Ukrainian engineer, General Director and General Designer of the JSC NPO Molniya, lead developer of the Russian Spiral and Shuttle Buran programme, Doctor of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labour, laureate of Lenin Prize (1962) and Stalin Prizes (1950, 1952).
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Alexey Dushkin
- Occupations
- architect
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Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of the Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of the Moscow Metro. He worked primarily for subway and railroads and is also noted for his Red Gate Building, one of the Seven Sisters.
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Yuriy Stets
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- journalistpolitician
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Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets is a Ukrainian journalist and politician. He was appointed to the post of Minister of Information Policy at the formation of the Second Yatsenyuk Government on 2 December 2014. He resigned one year later because he felt he had "met all the targets". He withdrew his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post. On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation for health reasons and went on sick leave the same day. Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk Government was installed. This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether.
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George de Bothezat
- Occupations
- mathematicianengineerinventormilitary flight engineer
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George de Bothezat was a Romanian-Russian American engineer, businessman, and pioneer of helicopter flight.
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Aleksey Kokorin
- Occupations
- economist
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Aleksey Gennadyevich Korokin, is a Russian statesman and party leader who served as the 4th governor of Kurgan Oblast from 26 September 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was the head of the administration of the city of Shadrinsk from 1996 to 2014. He is a member of the Presidium of the Political Council of the Kurgan regional branch of the United Russia party from 2007 to 2019.
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Musa Mahomedov
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- entrepreneurpolitician
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Musa Serhoievych Mahomedov is an Avar-born Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 45th electoral district, including the cities of Avdiivka and Yasynuvata and parts of the city of Donetsk, since 2019. He was previously director of the Avdiivka Coke Plant from 2012 to 2019, managing the plant during the height of the war in Donbas. He is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Industrial Policy of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development.
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Yakov Zarobyan
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1938
- Occupations
- politician
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Yakov Nikitayi Zarobyan was a Soviet Armenian politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1960 to 1966.
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Voldemar Aussem
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- diplomatmilitary officer
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Voldemar or Vladimir Khristianovich Aussem was a Russian nobleman and revolutionary, communist official and Soviet diplomat.
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Wacław Przeździecki
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- military officer
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Wacław Jan Przeździecki was a Polish military commander and Brigadier General of the Polish Army. During the Invasion of Poland in 1939, he was the commanding officer of the reserve Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade that fought in the battle of Grodno.
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Volodymyr Hrynyov
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- university teacherpolitician
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Volodymyr Borysovych Hrynyov, also Hryniov is a Ukrainian politician who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1994, representing Kharkiv's Industrialnyi District. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1991 Ukrainian presidential election.
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Nikolay Veduta
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1938
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistcyberneticist
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Nikolay Ivanovich Veduta was a Soviet Belarusian cybernetic economist, macroeconomist, mechanical engineer and Marxist, Doctor of Economic Sciences (1966), Full Professor (1968), Corresponding Member of the NASB (1969). He is the founder of the Scientific School of Strategic Planning. Author of over 100 scientific papers, including 5 monographs.
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Leonid Pastur
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- mathematiciantheoretical physicistphysicist
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Leonid Andreevich Pastur is a Ukrainian mathematical physicist and theoretical physicist, known in particular for contributions to random matrix theory, the spectral theory of random Schrödinger operators, statistical mechanics, and solid state physics (especially, the theory of disordered systems). Currently, he heads the Department of Theoretical Physics at the B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering in Kharkiv and a professor and senior research fellow at the Department of Mathematics, King's College London.
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Agha Ashurov
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- engineerpolitician
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Agha Ashurov was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Minister of Industry and Trade and Minister of Postal Service and Telegraph of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Parliament of Azerbaijan.
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Irina Kirichenko
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
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Irina Ivanovna Kirichenko was a Soviet sprint cyclist who won two gold, four silver and one bronze medal at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1962–1969. Between 1960 and 1969 she also won 10 national titles. After retirement from competitions she worked as a cycling coach in Kharkiv.
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Yana Dementieva
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- rower
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Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Kateryna Tarasenko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova and Nataliya Dovhodko. She is also a World and European champion in the quadruple sculls, as well as being a European champion in the double sculls.
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Kyryll Nesterenko
- Occupations
- badminton playerentrepreneurpolitician
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Kyryll Oleksandrovych Nesterenko is a Ukrainian badminton player and sports official, public figure, civil servant, and politician. He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the 9th convocation.
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Borys Kachura
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- politician
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Borys Vasylovych Kachura, was a Ukrainian politician and engineer who served as the Member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994.
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Oleksandr Serdiuk
- Occupations
- archer
- Biography
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Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Serdyuk is an athlete from Ukraine. He competes in archery.
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Vitaliy Chuhunnikov
- Occupations
- politician
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Vitaliy Semenovych Chuhunnikov is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur. Chuhunnikov previously served as Governor of Rivne Oblast, representing the UDAR party, from 2014 to 2016 during the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014.
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Lev Davidovich Belkind
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- historianengineerphysicist
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Lev Davidovich Belkind (Russian: Лев Давидович Белькинд; (27 August 1896, Myrhorod – November 16, 1969) was a Soviet scientist, engineer and historian; author of numerous publications on the history of science and technology.
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Dmitry Smirnov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dmitry Genrikhovich Smirnov is a Russian politician, executive, and entrepreneur. He served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1989—1991).
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Serhiy Kozmenko
- Occupations
- economist
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Serhiy Kozmenko is a Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor and Acting Rector of the State Higher Educational Institution Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine.
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Alexander Grunauer
- Occupations
- scientist
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Grunauer Alexander Adolfovich was a Soviet scientist and expert in the field of problems of regulation of internal combustion engines. An experienced teacher, professor. A Dr.Sci.Tech. (1969). Professor (1972). Chairman of department "Theory of mechanisms and machine" at the Kharkov polytechnical institute (1968—1993). The professor of the same department (1993—1994).
