20 Notable alumni of
Russian State University of Oil and Gas
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The Russian State University of Oil and Gas is 1181st in the world, 414th 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
- member of the State Dumaentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian 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 LLC. He has Russian, Israeli and Portuguese citizenship.
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Yury Luzhkov
- Occupations
- statespersonpoliticianscientist
- 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
- economistcomposerproducerbusinesspersonmember of the State Duma
- 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
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- visual artistscience fiction writerlibrettistplaywrightwriter
- Biography
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Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer and dramatist. He has been described as one of the most popular writers in modern Russian literature.
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Arkady Volozh
- Occupations
- computer scientistentrepreneurmathematician
- Biography
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Arkady Yuryevich Volozh is a Russian billionaire and businessman, serial 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. Yandex is one of Europe's largest Internet companies, operating Russia's most popular search engine. Yandex is listed in NASDAQ, and was traded at over 30 billion dollars in November 2021.
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Leonid Nevzlin
- Occupations
- statespersonengineerpoliticianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is an Israeli businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
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Yelena Nikolaeva
- Occupations
- modeltelevision presenterwritertelevision journalistactor
- 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 University of California Berkeley, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and author of the bestselling book Love and Math.
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Salizhan Sharipov
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotastronaut
- Biography
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Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov is a 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
- chemistuniversity teachergeochemist
- 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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Nurlan Asqaruly Nogaev is a Kazakh politician who served as the Minister of Energy from 18 December 2019 under Askar Mamin's cabinet until 7 September 2021, when he was transferred to the post of äkım (local head) of the Mangystau Region. Prior to becoming an Energy Minister, he was the äkım of West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions from 2012 to 2019.
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Sergey Donskoy
- 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
- Wikimedianopinion journalistWikipedian
- Biography
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Iliyas Daudi is a Russian military writer-novelist, publicist, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Screenwriter and a filmmaker. In the past he was the Soviet military serviceman, the veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War, the Hero of the Russian Federation.
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Apas Jumagulov
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Oil and Gas
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- geologistdiplomatpolitician
- 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
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- university teachermathematician
- 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
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- university teachermathematician
- 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 M.Sc. from the Moscow University of Oil and Gas, and a Ph.D. 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.
