30 Notable alumni of
National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
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National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute is 1238th in the world, 429th 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
- bankerpolitician
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Arsen Borysovych Avakov is a Ukrainian statesman and politician of Armenian origin. Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in 2014–2021. Member of Parliament of Ukraine (2012–2014), Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration (2005–2010), Member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (2007–2008, 2014–2021), Member of Euro 2012 Organizing Committee (2007). Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Honored Economist of Ukraine (2007).
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Alexey Oleinik
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- sambo fightermixed martial arts fighterjudokajujutsuka
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Aleksei Alexeyevich Oleinik is a Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo fighter who fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, competing in their heavyweight division. He began his professional fighting career in 1997, and is a veteran of M-1 Global, ProFC and IAFC and has competed for Bellator, 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
- manufacturerrecord producerfilm producercomposerrecording artist
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Hanna Borysivna Korsun, known professionally as Maruv (stylized in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer. She used to be part of the band of the same name, the successor of the band The Pringlez, from February 2017 to March 2018. Later, Korsun gave an interview in which she explained that from then on she would be working on her own under the pseudonym.
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Mikhail Gurevich
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1925
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerinventoraircraft 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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- writerdissidentmilitary personnelmilitary officerhuman rights activist
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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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- politicianaircraft pilot
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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
- Occupations
- dramaturgewriterpedagogueactorhumorist
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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
- aerospace 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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Yuriy Stets
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
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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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Alexey Dushkin
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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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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George de Bothezat
- Occupations
- inventorengineermathematicianaerospace 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
- Biography
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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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Voldemar Aussem
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- military officerdiplomat
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Voldemar or Vladimir Khristianovich Aussem was a Russian nobleman and revolutionary, communist official and Soviet diplomat.
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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 the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1960 to 1966.
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Musa Mahomedov
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- politicianentrepreneur
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Musa Serhoyevych 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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Wacław Przeździecki
- Occupations
- 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
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
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Volodymyr Hrynyov, also Hryniov is a Ukrainian politician, former candidate to the President of Ukraine.
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Nikolay Veduta
- Enrolled in National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
- Studied in 1938
- Occupations
- university teachercyberneticisteconomist
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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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- physicisttheoretical physicistmathematician
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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.
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Agha Ashurov
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
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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
- Occupations
- 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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Borys Kachura
- Occupations
- politician
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Borys Vasylovych Kachura, was a Ukrainian politician who served as the Member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994.
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Kyryll Nesterenko
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneurbadminton player
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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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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
- Biography
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Vitaliy Semenovych Chuhunnikov is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada.
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Lev Davidovich Belkind
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Lev Davidovich Belkind (Russian: Лев Давидович Белькинд, Профессор, Доктор Технических наук; (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
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- 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).
