6 Notable alumni of Donbass State Pedagogical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Donbass State Pedagogical University is ranked #8,727 in the world and #115 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 6 notable alumni from Donbass State Pedagogical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Donbass State Pedagogical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Natalia Veselova
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Natalia Vasylivna Veselova is a Ukrainian politician. She was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, appearing 9th on the party list of Samopomich. Director of the charity 'Charity Fund for Helping the Donbass Battalion'. She failed to get reelected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
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2. Andrii Trusov
2000-. (aged 26)
swimmer
Andrii Trusov is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
3. Anatoliy Mohyliov
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Anatolii Volodymyrovych Mohyliov is a Ukrainian politician. He served as the prime minister of Crimea and the Ukrainian minister of Internal Affairs.
4. Nelya Shtepa
1962-. (aged 64)
statesperson
teacher
politician
Nelya Ihorivna Shtepa is a Ukrainian politician. She was mayor of Sloviansk from 2010 until 2014, when Russian paramilitary troops occupied the city. She was imprisoned by the separatists because she refused to fully co-operate with them, freed by Ukrainian forces, but then imprisoned again by Ukrainian authorities for alleged collusion with the Donetsk People's Republic.
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5. Mariya Ryemyen
1987-. (aged 39)
athletics competitor
sprinter
Mariya Ryemyen is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. Ryemyen was part (with Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Olesya Povh and Yelizaveta Bryzhina) of the Ukrainian women's 4 × 100 m that won gold during the 2010 European Athletics with 42.29 – the fastest time in the world that year.
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6. Vladimir Kononov
1974-. (aged 52)
military personnel
politician
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kononov is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.