20 Notable alumni of
Russian State University of Oil and Gas
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The Russian State University of Oil and Gas is 1168th in the world, 416th in Europe, and 37th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the Russian State University of Oil and Gas sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Roman Abramovich
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Oil and Gas
- Studied engineering
- Occupations
- entrepreneurmember of the State Dumapolitician
- Biography
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian-Israeli oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse. He has Russian, Israeli and Portuguese citizenship.
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Yury Luzhkov
- Occupations
- politicianstatespersonscientist
- Biography
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Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the election of Gavriil Popov as the first mayor of Moscow, he also headed the capital in 1990-1991 as chairman of the Mosgorispolkom. He was the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party. During Luzhkov's time, Moscow's economy expanded and he presided over large construction projects in the city, including the building of a new financial district. At the same time, he was accused of corruption, bulldozing historic buildings, and poor handling of traffic, as well as the city's smog crisis during the 2010 Russian wildfires. On 28 September 2010, Luzhkov was fired from his post by a decree issued by then-President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Mikhail Gutseriyev
- Occupations
- politicianmember of the State Dumabusinesspersonproducercomposer
- Biography
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Mikail Safarbekovich Gutseriev (born 9 March 1958) is a Russian billionaire businessperson of Ingush descent. Gutseriev earned his fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Vladimir Sorokin
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriterplaywrightlibrettistscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays. He has been described as one of the most popular writers in modern Russian literature. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he has been living in exile in Berlin.
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Arkady Volozh
- Occupations
- entrepreneurcomputer scientistmathematician
- Biography
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Arkady Yuryevich Volozh is a Russian businessman, technology entrepreneur, computer scientist, investor and philanthropist. He pioneered the development of search and navigation technology as well as intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Volozh co-founded several IT enterprises, including CompTek, Arkadia, InfiNet and Yandex.
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Leonid Nevzlin
- Occupations
- politicianengineerstatespersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-born Israeli businessman, investor, philanthropist, and Russian oligarch.
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Yelena Nikolaeva
- Occupations
- television journalistwritertelevision presentermodeljournalist
- Biography
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Elena Sergeevna Nikolaeva is a Russian journalist. She has also performed episodic roles in several films. Having graduated from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, she worked as television presenter on Expert TV (2010-2013) and RBC TV (2013-2014). In September 2014, she moved on to Moscow 24.
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Edward Frenkel
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Oil and Gas
- 1984-1989 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Edward Vladimirovich Frenkel is a Russian-American mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Salizhan Sharipov
- Occupations
- astronautengineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov is a retired Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from the U.S. as an astronaut in 1998 and from Russia as a cosmonaut in 2004) and has conducted two space walks. Sharipov retired on 18 July 2008.
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Rawil Mäğänef
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ravil Ulfatovich Maganov was a Russian oligarch who was the chairman of the national oil company Lukoil.
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Erik M. Galimov
- Occupations
- geochemistuniversity teacherchemist
- Biography
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Erik Mikhaylovich Galimov was a Russian geochemist and Doctor of Sciences.
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Nurlan Nogaev
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Nūrlan Asqarūly Noğaev is a Kazakh politician who's currently serving as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan.
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Sergei Donskoi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sergey Yefimovich Donskoy is a Russian politician, and from May 2012 to May 2018, served as the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia.
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İlyas Dawıdi
- Occupations
- WikimedianWikipedianopinion journalist
- Biography
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Iliyas Daudi is a former Soviet and Russian military serviceman, best known for being one of few veterans of the Soviet–Afghan War who was awarded the title Hero of Russian Federation.
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Apas Jumagulov
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Oil and Gas
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatgeologist
- Biography
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Apas Jumagulovich Jumagulov served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 14 December 1993 to 24 March 1998.
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Pavel Etingof
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Pavel Ilyich Etingof is an American mathematician of Russian-Ukrainian origin. He does research on the intersection of mathematical physics (exactly integrable systems) and representation theory, e.g., quantum groups.
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Alexander Givental
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Alexander Givental is a Russian-American mathematician who is currently Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. His main contributions have been in symplectic topology and singularity theory, as well as their relation to topological string theories.
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Andreï Volos
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Andrei Volos is a Russian writer.
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Slava Gerovitch
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Gerovitch (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Герович; born 1963) is an American historian of science of Russian origin, considered a leading scholar on Soviet space program history in the US and Cybernetics in the Soviet Union.
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Urban Rusnák
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Urban Rusnák is a Slovak diplomat and academic. He holds a MSc from the Moscow University of Oil and Gas, and a PhD in Public Administration and Political Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences of Ankara University. Rusnák wrote his thesis on the Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in the Caspian region.
