72 Notable alumni of
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
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Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University is 458th in the world, 157th in Europe, and 10th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 72 notable alumni from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic 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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Saparmyrat Nyýazow
- Years
- 1940-2006 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- autobiographerpolitician
- Biography
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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, also known as Türkmenbaşy, was a Turkmen politician who ruled Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was first secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and supported the 1991 Soviet coup attempt. He continued to rule Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Igor Kurchatov
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- physicistnuclear physicistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov, was a Soviet physicist who played a central role in organizing and directing the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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Matt Taibbi
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- journalistwritereditorial columnistopinion journalist
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Matthew Colin Taibbi is an American author, journalist, and podcaster. He has reported on finance, media, politics, and sports. A former contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is the author of several books, former co-host of the Useful Idiots podcast, and publisher of the Racket News (formerly TK News) on Substack.
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Mikhail Botvinnik
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- chess playerelectrical engineerwriterchess coachengineer
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. He also had a mathematics degree (honorary).
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Sergey Mironov
- Occupations
- statespersonmember of the State Dumapolitician
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Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov is a Russian politician. He was chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 2011. He leads the faction A Just Russia in the Parliament of Russia.
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Igor Gordin
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- television actoractor
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Igor Gennadyevich Gordin is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004). Laureate of the Golden Mask (2011).
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Oleg Antonov
- Occupations
- inventoraerospace engineerpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov was a Soviet aeroplane designer, and the founder of the Antonov Design Bureau in Kyiv, Ukraine, named in his honour. Antonov designed a number of Soviet aeroplanes (such as the Antonov An-2, Antonov An-12) and numerous gliders for both civilian and military use.
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Daniil Granin
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- authorwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, original family name German (Russian: Ге́рман), was a Soviet and Russian author.
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Leon Theremin
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1920-1926
- Occupations
- physicistinventorcellistmusician
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Lev Sergeyevich Termen, better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. He also worked on early television research. His secret listening device, "The Thing", hung for seven years in plain view in the United States ambassador's Moscow office and enabled Soviet agents to eavesdrop on secret conversations.
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Mikhail Koshkin
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- military engineermilitary personnel
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Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin was a Soviet tank designer, chief designer of the famous T-34 medium tank. The T-34 was the most produced tank of World War II. He started out in life as a confectioner, but then studied engineering.
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Nick Perumov
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- science fiction writerwriterfantasy authormicrobiologist
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Nick Perumov is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Russian: Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
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Yuri Kondratyuk
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- aerospace engineerphysicistengineer
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Yuri Vasilyevich Kondratyuk, real name Aleksandr Ignatyevich Shargei (Russian: Алекса́ндр Игна́тьевич Шарге́й; Ukrainian: Олександр Гнатович Шаргей) was a Ukrainian engineer and mathematician in the Soviet Union. He was a pioneer of astronautics and spaceflight, a theoretician and a visionary who, in the early 20th century, developed the first known lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR), a key concept for landing and return spaceflight from Earth to the Moon. The LOR was later used for the plotting of the first actual human spaceflight to the Moon. Many other aspects of spaceflight and space exploration are covered in his works.
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Abram Ioffe
- Occupations
- inventorphysicist
- Biography
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Abram Fedorovich Ioffe was a prominent Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942), the Lenin Prize (1960) (posthumously), and the Hero of Socialist Labor (1955). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes.
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Yulii Khariton
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1920-1925
- Occupations
- physical chemistphysicistpolitician
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Yulii Borisovich Khariton was a Soviet physicist who was a leading scientist in the former Soviet Union's program of nuclear weapons.
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Vasili Kuznetsov
- Years
- 1901-1990 (aged 89)
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1922-1926
- Occupations
- engineertrade unionistpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko).
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Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov
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- physicistinventorpolitician
- Biography
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Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov was a Soviet physicist who played a crucial and centralizing role in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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Yakov Zeldovich
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- astrophysicistphysicistuniversity teacherchemistinventor
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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, also known as YaB, D.N. was a leading Soviet physicist, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.
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Nikolai Polikarpov
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1911
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerpoliticianaeronautical engineerdesign engineeraircraft pilot
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer, known as the "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak (Russian: ишак, lit. 'donkey' phonetically close to its Russian: И-16 or Russian: И-шестнадцать, romanized: I-shestnadtsat', lit. 'I-sixteen' designation) "Little Donkey" fighter.
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David Bronstein
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- chess playernon-fiction writer
- Biography
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David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. He was also a renowned chess writer; his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.
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Stephen Timoshenko
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- physicistengineerautobiographeruniversity teacher
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Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was an ethnic Ukrainian, citizen of the Russian Empire and later, an American engineer and academician.
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Vitaly Savelyev
- Occupations
- international forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Vitaly Gennadyevich Savelyev is a Russian businessman and politician serving as the Minister of Transport since 10 November 2020. Previously, he served as the chairman and CEO of Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, from 2009 to 2020.
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Dina Belenkaya
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- chess player
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Dina Vadimovna Belenkaya is a Russian-Israeli chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time St. Petersburg women's champion, and has represented St. Petersburg at the Russian Women's Team Championship and the European Chess Club Cup for Women. She has a peak FIDE rating of 2364.
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Georgy Flyorov
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- nuclear physicistphysicistinventor
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Georgii Nikolayevich Flyorov was a Soviet physicist who is known for his discovery of spontaneous fission and his important contribution towards the crystallography and material science, for which, he was honored with many awards. In addition, he is also known for his letter directed to Joseph Stalin, during the midst of World War II, to start the Soviet program of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union.
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Sergey Fursenko
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- businesspersonsports executive
- Biography
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian businessman.
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Mikhail Eisenstein
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1893
- Occupations
- civil engineerarchitect
- Biography
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Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein was a civil engineer and architect working in Riga, the present-day capital of Latvia, when the city was part of the Russian Empire. He was active as an architect in the city at a time of great economic expansion and consequent enlargement, which coincided with the flourishing of Art Nouveau architecture. During the years 1901–1906, Eisenstein designed many of the best-known Art Nouveau buildings of Riga. His son, Sergei Eisenstein, became a well-known Soviet film director.
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Serguei Adoniev
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- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Sergey Adonyev is a Russian businessman and philanthropist.
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Ilya Klebanov
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- politician
- Biography
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Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov is a Russian politician and entrepreneur. He was the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Mikhail Solomentsev
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- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev was a high-ranking Soviet politician and statesman.
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Mikhail Oseevsky
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Mikhail Eduardovich Oseevsky is a Russian politician, a member of United Russia party. From 2003 to 2012, he was the Vice-governor of Saint Petersburg and the Minister of Finance in the Saint Petersburg City Administration, appointed to these positions by then-governor, Valentina Matvienko. From 2010 to 2012, he was also the Head of the Administration of the St. Petersburg Governor. On 6 January 2012, he was appointed Deputy-Minister of Economic Development of Russia.
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Abraham Alikhanov
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- physicistinventornuclear physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov was a Soviet Armenian experimental physicist who specialized in particle and nuclear physics. He was one of the Soviet Union's leading physicists.
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Alexander Zhitinsky
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- journalistpoetscreenwriterpublisher
- Biography
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Alexander Nikolayevich Zhitinsky was a Russian writer and journalist, founder of the Gelikon Plus publishing house. He used the pseudonyms Rock-diletant, МАССА, and Maccolit.
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Mark Gallai
- Occupations
- military personnelwritertest pilotaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Mark Lazarevich Gallay was a Soviet test pilot, World War II veteran, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Georgy Beriev
- Occupations
- inventorengineeraerospace engineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev, was a Soviet Georgian major general, founder and chief designer of the Beriev Design Bureau in Taganrog, which concentrated on amphibious aircraft.
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Emanuel Kviring
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- economiststatesperson
- Biography
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Emmanuel Ionovich Quiring was a Soviet politician and statesman of Volga German descent. Due to transliteration, he may have spelled his family name as Kviring or Kwiring.
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Eugene Alexandrov
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1960
- Occupations
- experimental physicistphysicist
- Biography
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Eugene Borisovich Alexandrov is a Russian physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1992), Doctor of Sciences, head of the Commission on Pseudoscience.
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Rostislav Plechko
- Occupations
- boxerentrepreneur
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Rostislav Borisovich Plechko is a Russian professional boxer who currently holds the Russian and WBA Asia heavyweight titles.
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Vladimir Vasilyev
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev is a Russian scientist, researcher, professor and rector at ITMO University (since 1996). Head of the Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg Universities (since 2004), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education (since 2008), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2011). Since August 6, 2012 – member of the Government of the Russian Federation Expert Council. Honored citizen of St. Petersburg since 2013.
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Nikolai Dukhov
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- engineer
- Biography
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Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov was a Soviet designer of cars, tractors, tanks and nuclear weapons.
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Averky Aristov
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Averky Borisovich Aristov was a Soviet politician and diplomat.
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Lev Shubnikov
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- inventorphysicist
- Biography
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Lev Vasilyevich Shubnikov was a Soviet experimental physicist who worked in the Netherlands and USSR. In 1937 he was executed during the Ukrainian Physics and Technology Institute Affair on the basis of falsified charges as part of the Great Purge.
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Kirill Prigoda
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- swimmer
- Biography
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Kirill Gennadievich Prigoda is a Russian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Vladimir Pekhtin
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- statespersonhydraulic engineerpoliticianmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin is a Russian politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations. He chaired the parliament's ethics committee and served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. He was the first deputy chairman of the United Russia party. Pekhtin formerly served on the board of electric holding company RAO UES and was the Director General of Kolymaenergo, a subsidiary of RusHydro.
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Leonid Yudasin
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- chess player
- Biography
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Leonid Yudasin is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player and trainer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Yudasin was part of the USSR team that won the gold medal in the 1990 Chess Olympiad. He competed in the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship twice, in 1991 and 1994.
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Aleksandr Ilyich Leypunskiy
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- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Aleksandr Il'ich Leipunskii was a Soviet physicist.
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Oleg Savelyev
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Oleg Genrikhovich Savelyev is a Russian politician.
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Viktor Plakida
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Viktor Tarasovych Plakida is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. Plakida served as the Prime Minister of Crimea, an autonomous region in southern Ukraine, from 2006 to 2010 (the office of Prime Minister is also known as the Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers). He was the Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Crimea.
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Viktor Kyrpychov
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- engineerphysicist
- Biography
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Viktor Lvovich Kirpichov was a Russian Empire engineer, physicist, and educational organizer, known especially for his work on applied and structural mechanics as well as for establishing the foundations for technical education in the Russian Empire.
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Nicolai Reshetikhin
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- university teachertopologistmathematician
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Nicolai Yuryevich Reshetikhin is a mathematical physicist, currently a professor of mathematics at Tsinghua University, China and a professor of mathematical physics at the University of Amsterdam (Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics). He is also a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His research is in the fields of low-dimensional topology, representation theory, and quantum groups. His major contributions are in the theory of quantum integrable systems, in representation theory of quantum groups and in quantum topology. He and Vladimir Turaev constructed invariants of 3-manifolds which are expected to describe quantum Chern-Simons field theory introduced by Edward Witten.
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Alexander Zarchin
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- engineerinventor
- Biography
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Alexander Zarchin was a Ukrainian-Israeli chemist and inventor. He is most noted for inventing a process of sea water desalination.
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Elevter Andronikashvili
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- physicist
- Biography
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Elephter Luarsabovich Andronikashvili was a Georgian physicist. He was a brother of Russian historian Irakly Andronikov.
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Denis Kravchenko
- Occupations
- member of the State Dumapoliticianscientist
- Biography
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Denis Kravchenko is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 8th State Duma. He holds a Candidate of Sciences in Economics degree (2005)
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Aleksandr Zheleznyakov
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- journalistengineeraerospace engineerwriter
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Aleksandr Borisovich Zheleznyakov is a specialist in design and production of rocket and space systems. He is also a writer and journalist.
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Nikolay Emanuel
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- chemistphysical chemistphysicist
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Nikolay Markovich Emanuel was a Soviet chemist. He was a key specialist in chemical kinetics and mechanics of chemical reactions. He lectured at Moscow State University since 1944 (and was appointed full Professor in 1950). In 1958 he became a corresponding member and in 1966 he became a full member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1974, he was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Buried in Moscow.
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Mikhail Neiman
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- physicist
- Biography
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Mikhail Samoilovich Neiman was a Soviet physicist, Doctor of Technical Sciences and professor. The main directions of his research were the study of the ultra-high frequency electromagnetic systems, theoretical and applied radio engineering, and automatic processes.
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Yuri Raizer
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- physicist
- Biography
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Yuri Petrovich Raizer was a prominent Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist.
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Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov
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- chemistgeochemistcrystallographer
- Biography
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Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov was a Soviet and Russian crystallographer, geochemist, academician (1953), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1969).
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Alexey Kavokin
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- 1986-1992 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Alexey V. Kavokin is a Russian and French theoretical physicist and writer.
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Igor Gorynin
- Occupations
- politicianengineermetallurgist
- Biography
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Igor Vasilyevich Gorynin was a Soviet and Russian metallurgist, creator of many new titanium and aluminium alloys, and reactor steels. He was the director of the Prometey Central Scientific Research Institute Of Structural Materials.
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Yuri Kolker
- Occupations
- translatorpoet
- Biography
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Yuri Kolker is a Russian poet. He is also known as an essayist, literary critic, and as a translator.
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Sergei Soldatov
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- politician
- Biography
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Sergei Soldatov was one of the founders of anti-Soviet dissident movement in Estonia.
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Sergey Panteleev
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Duma
- Biography
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Sergey Panteleev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.
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Sergey Martynov
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- statespersonpoliticianjurist
- Biography
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Martynov is a Russian statesman who serves as a senator from Mari El since 7 October 2019. Before that he worked in the apparatus of the Federation Council.
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Agha Aminov
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Agha Mashadi Aghakerim oghlu Aminov, also spelled as Agha Aminov, was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the fourth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Parliament of ADR.
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Polina Anikeeva
- Enrolled in Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
- In 2003 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Polina Olegovna Anikeeva is a Russian-born American materials scientist who is a Professor of Material Science & Engineering as well as Brain & Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds faculty appointments in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. Her research is centered on developing tools for studying the underlying molecular and cellular bases of behavior and neurological diseases. She was awarded the 2018 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, the 2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellowship at MIT, and in 2015 was named a MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35.
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Enn Tõugu
- Occupations
- mathematiciancomputer scientist
- Biography
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Enn Tõugu was an Estonian computer scientist and mathematician. He dealt with system programming, declarative languages and topics related to artificial intelligence.
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Aleksander Oinas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aleksander Ferdinand Oinas was an Estonian politician; he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister. was an Estonian politician; he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister.
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Sergey Skolskiy
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Sergey Vladimirovich Skolskiy is a Russian powerlifter, Master of Sports of Russia, champion of Russia, four-time European champion in the open category., two-time world champion, record holder Guinness World Records.
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Sergei Tretyakov
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Sergei Anatolyevich Tretyakov is a Russian-Finnish scientist, focused in electromagnetic field theory, complex media electromagnetics and microwave engineering. He is currently a professor at Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University (former Helsinki University of Technology), Finland. His main research area in recent years is metamaterials and metasurfaces from fundamentals to applications. He was the president of the European Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials (”Metamorphose VI”) and general chair of the Metamaterials Congresses from 2007 to 2013. He is a fellow/member of many scientific associations such as IEEE, URSI, the Electromagnetics Academy, and OSA. He is also an Honorary Doctor of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.
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Leonid A. Umansky
- Occupations
- electrical engineer
- Biography
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Leonid Alexandrovich Umansky was an American electrical engineer of Russian origin and a recipient of the IEEE Edison Medal for "outstanding contribution to the electrification of industry through the application of electrical machines, devices, and systems to automatic process machinery; and for his inspiration, leadership, and teaching of men in this work".
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Nikolay Krasilnikov
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Krasilnikov was a Soviet and Russian scientist and educator in the fields of image transmission, image compression and human visual system.
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James Alex Msekela
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianengineer
- Biography
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James Alex Msekela is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat.
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Abraham B Korol
- Occupations
- biologistgeneticist
- Biography
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Abraham Bentsionovich Korol is a professor in the Institute of Evolution at the University of Haifa. He is a prominent Israeli geneticist and evolutionary biologist known for his work on the evolution of sex and recombination, genome mapping and the genetics of complex traits. Korol was born in Bendery city, Moldavia (now Moldova), then part of the Soviet Union, and immigrated to Israel in 1991. Before immigrating to Israel, Korol was appointed in 1981 as a senior researcher and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the Presidium of Academy of Science USSR in 1988, and became a full professor in 1991. After immigrating to Israel in 1991, Korol has established and headed the Laboratory of Population Genetics and Computational Biology in the Institute of Evolution at the University of Haifa. He became full professor there in 1996 and served as the director of the Institute of Evolution between 2008–2013. Since 1994, Korol has filled many scholarly positions including member of the steering committee of Israeli Gene Bank; member of the Human Genome Organization; member of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology; a member of the Coordinating Committee of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium; member of the Infrastructure Steering Committee of the Israeli Ministry of Science; representative of Haifa University in the Kamea program steering committee (alef and bet); member of the Advisory Committee of Absorption in Science of the Israeli Ministry of Absorption.
