10 Notable alumni of Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University is ranked #8,922 in the world and #122 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National 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 Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mykola Marchak
1904-1938 (aged 34)
politician
Mykola Makarovych Marchak was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who was the acting Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of prime-minister) from October 1937 to February 1938 and a people's deputy of the Soviet Supreme Soviet (1937–1938).
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2. Lev Biryuk
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Lev Vasiylovych Biryuk, is a Ukrainian politician who had served as the member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2005 to 2012.
3. Maria Berlinska
1988-. (aged 38)
public figure
military personnel
volunteer
Mariia Serhiivna Berlinska is a Ukrainian military volunteer and women's rights advocate. She was a participant in the Revolution of Dignity in February 2014 and subsequently volunteered for the war in Donbas as an aerial reconnaissance drone operator. Returning from the front, Berlinska founded a free school to train other Ukrainian military volunteers in aerial reconnaissance.
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4. Anatolii Bondarchuk
1940-2025 (aged 85)
hammer thrower
Anatoliy Pavlovych Bondarchuk was a Ukrainian hammer thrower who competed for the Soviet Union. An Olympic gold medallist, he is regarded as one of the most accomplished hammer throw coaches of all time. He was the author of a two-volume book, Transfer of Training, which was translated from Russian to English by Michael Yessis.
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5. Zinaida Turchyna
1946-. (aged 80)
handball player
Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Coached by her husband Ihor Turchyn she competed for the Soviet Union in all major international tournaments in 1973–1988, except for the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics, and won three Olympic and five world championship medals. In 2000, a panel from the International Handball Federation and sports journalists named her the best...
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6. Ihor Turchyn
1936-1993 (aged 57)
handball player
coach
handball coach
Ihor Yevdokymovych Turchyn was a Ukrainian handball coach, who headed the Soviet and then Ukrainian national team from 1973 to 1993, bringing them to three Olympic and five world championship medals.
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7. Andriy Bondar
1974-. (aged 52)
opinion journalist
writer
critic
translator
poet
Andriy Volodymyrovych Bondar is a Ukrainian poet, interpreter, opinion writer and a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine in 1998. He is the husband of Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych.
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8. Valerian Polishchuk
1897-1937 (aged 40)
writer
poet
literary critic
opinion journalist
Valerian Lvovych Polishchuk was a Ukrainian writer and poet, a representative of the Executed Renaissance. He wrote in Ukrainian.
9. Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk
1971-. (aged 55)
historian
Pavlo Pavlovych Hai-Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Kyiv), Academician of the Academy of Political Sciences (Kyiv) and Ukrainian poet (Laureate International Literature Prize I.Koshelivets by 2013). Deputy Director, Scientific Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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10. Boris Spiegel
1953-. (aged 73)
manufacturer
politician
statesperson
economist
record producer
Boris Spiegel is a Russian politician and businessman. Haaretz describes him as an oligarch who is "closely tied to the Kremlin." From 2003 to 2013, he represented Penza Oblast in the Russian Federation Council; in December 2011, he was appointed the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, Legal and Judicial Affairs and Civil Society Development.
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