33 Notable alumni of Donetsk National Technical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Donetsk National Technical University is ranked #4,922 in the world and #35 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 33 notable alumni from Donetsk National Technical 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 Donetsk National Technical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Vladimir Demishkan
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Volodymyr Fedorovych Demishkan is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada.
2. Alexander Rizhenkov
1950-. (aged 76)
economist
metallurgist
politician
Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Ryzhenkov is a Ukrainian metallurgist, economist and politician who is a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and Order of Merit. Additionally, he was a member of the 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014.
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3. Serhiy Kozyr
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Serhiy Vyacheslavovych Kozyr, is a Ukrainian politician who is currently a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 16 November 2021.
4. Yuriy Khotlubei
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Yuriy Yuriyvovych Khotlubei is a Ukrainian politician who had served as the second Mayor of Mariupol from 1998 to 2015. He had also served as the Member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994.
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5. Olha Buslavets
1975-. (aged 51)
civil servant
politician
Olha Anatoliyivna Buslavets is a Ukrainian power engineer and civil servant. From 16 April 2020 until 20 November 2020 she was (at first) the Acting Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection and (after a government reshuffle on 27 May 2020) Minister of Energy.
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6. Yuriy Chmyr
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Yuriy Pavlovych Chmyr is a Ukrainian politician who served as Governor of Sumy Oblast from 6 April 2010 to 16 December 2013. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2006 to 2010. After his tenure as Governor, Chmyr served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine (December 2013 — February 2014). Since November 2015, he...
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7. Serhiy Tulub
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Serhiy Tulub is a Ukrainian politician who had served as the governor of Cherkassy Oblast from 2010 to 2014. He was the longest serving energy minister of Ukraine and was a member of the Verkovna Rada from 2006 to 2010.
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8. Oleksandr Anoprienko
1957-. (aged 69)
computer scientist
university teacher
Alexander Anoprienko is a Professor of the Computer Engineering Department of the Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU). He also holds the position of the Director of the DonNTU Competence Center as well as the Director of the DonNTU UNITECH Technological Park. Since October 2014 he has held the position of the provisional Rector of DonNTU.
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9. Vitaly Bort
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Vitaliy Bort is a former People's Deputy of Ukraine and a member of the Party of Regions (since May 2006).
10. Pavel Burlakov
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Pavlo Mykolaiyovych Burlakov is a Russian politician and miner who has been serving as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sevastopol branch of United Russia in the Russian-occupied Republic of Crimea since 2019, a territory internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.
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11. Serhii Sazhko
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Serhii Mykolaiovych Sazhko is head of Kurakhivka City Council, a Ukrainian politician who was a member of the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.
12. Vladislav Adolfovich Rusanov
1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher
science fiction writer
writer
Vladislav Adolfovitch Rusanov is a fantasy writer, candidate of technical sciences (1999). Writes in Russian language. Is also known for translations of fantasy and romantic poetry into Russian. Formerly a Ukrainian citizen, he now identifies with the Donetsk People's Republic.
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13. Alexander Fedorovich Zasyadko
1910-1963 (aged 53)
statesperson
politician
Alexander Fyodorovich Zasyadko was a Soviet economic, state and party leader.
14. Vasyl Dzharty
1958-2011 (aged 53)
politician
Vasyl Heorhiyovych Dzharty was a Ukrainian politician who served as Prime Minister of Crimea from 17 March 2010 until his death in August 2011.
15. Olexander Liashko
1915-2002 (aged 87)
statesperson
politician
Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko was a Soviet Ukrainian politician. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (a role equivalent to today's Prime Minister of Ukraine) for more than 15 years, making him the longest-serving person in that position. Liashko was also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet...
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16. Leonid Melnikov
1906-1981 (aged 75)
diplomat
politician
Leonid Heorhiyovych Melnykov was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician and diplomat.
17. Serhiy Klyuyev
1969-. (aged 57)
entrepreneur
politician
Serhiy Petrovych Klyuyev is a Ukrainian businessman and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament.
18. Stanislav Aseyev
1989-. (aged 37)
blogger
journalist
actor
writer
Stanislav Aseyev is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, human rights activist, and founder of the Justice Initiative Fund. Veteran of the Russo-Ukrainian war. His best-known work is the novel The Torture Camp on Paradise Street (2020). In May 2014 his native city of Donetsk fell under the control of Russian militants and he remained there. From 2015 through 2017 Aseyev...
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19. Alexey Kulemzin
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Alexey Valeryevich Kulemzin is a Russo-Ukrainian politician and collaborator who serves as Mayor of Donetsk since 2016.
20. Yevhen Heller
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Yevhen Heller is a Ukrainian public figure, former People's Deputy of Ukraine, president of FC Zorya Luhansk (since 2009) and owner of "Ukrsplav" (non-ferrous metal recycling company). In various media his last name also spells through Russian transliteration as Geller.
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21. Olga Kachura
1970-2022 (aged 52)
police officer
military personnel
security guard
Olga Sergeevna Kachura was a Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist in the Russo-Ukrainian War, colonel of the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia and a commander of a rocket artillery divizion. She was known under the call sign Korsa.
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22. Mohammad Zahoor
1955-. (aged 71)
entrepreneur
patron of the arts
Mohammad Zahoor is a Ukraine-based British-Pakistani businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and owner of the ISTIL Group, a diversified trading company that included a steel mill in Donetsk, which he sold in 2009 for between US$700 million and US$1 billion; a former owner of the Kyiv Post, which he sold for approximately $5 million; and a co-founder of...
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23. Ekaterina Gubareva
1983-. (aged 43)
computer scientist
painter
politician
Ekaterina Yuryevna Gubareva is a pro-Russian activist and former public figure.
24. Yevhen Shcherban
1946-1996 (aged 50)
entrepreneur
politician
Yevhen Oleksandrovych Shcherban was a Ukrainian businessman and politician. As a member of the Liberal Party of Ukraine, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Volnovakha electoral district in Donetsk Oblast. He served as the People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1994 until his assassination in 1996.
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25. Yukhym Zvyahilskyi
1933-2021 (aged 88)
politician
Yukhym Leonidovych Zvyahilsky was a Ukrainian politician.
26. Andrii Kliuev
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Andriy Petrovych Klyuyev, also spelled as Andrii Kliuiev, is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, who was ranked as 7th "Most influential person in Ukraine" in 2011 by Korrespondent.
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27. Anatoliy Solovyanenko
1932-1999 (aged 67)
opera singer
Anatoliy Borysovych Solovianenko was a Ukrainian operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (1975), People's Artist of Ukraine, and Shevchenko National Prize winner. Father of Anatolii Solovianenko.
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28. Andriy Purhin
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Andrei Yevgenyevich Purgin is a Ukrainian pro-Russian activist, cofounder of the Donetsk Republic organization along with Aleksandr Tsurkan and Oleg Frolov. Until 4 September 2015 he was the Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic.
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29. Nikita Khrushchev
1894-1971 (aged 77)
military personnel
revolutionary
politician
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he stunned the world by denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin, embarking on a campaign of de-Stalinization, and presiding over the Cuban Missile Crisis...
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30. Viktor Yanukovych
1950-. (aged 76)
lecturer
economist
jurist
engineer
politician
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010. Yanukovych was removed from the presidency during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity,...
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31. Pavel Gubarev
1983-. (aged 43)
historian
entrepreneur
politician
Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev is a pro-Russian public figure, primarily known for his pro-Russian activities in Donbas in 2014. He is married to Ekaterina Gubareva.
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32. Petro Symonenko
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the party's candidate in the 1999 and 2004, 2010, and until his withdrawal, the 2014 Ukrainian presidential elections. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine prohibited his candidacy for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election because the statute, name,...
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33. Maksym Yefimov
1974-. (aged 52)
entrepreneur
politician
Maxim Viktorovich Efimov is a Ukrainian politician and former People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 48th electoral district from 2014 to December 2023. Formerly an independent and member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and following this co-chair of Restoration of Ukraine alongside Igor Abramovych.
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