16 Notable alumni of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod is ranked #1,837 in the world and #27 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alexander Abrosimov
1948-2011 (aged 63)
mathematician
pedagogue
Alexánder Víktorovich Abrósimov was a Russian mathematician and teacher.
2. Aleksandr Knyazev
1976-. (aged 50)
chemist
Alexander Knyazev is a Russian crystal chemist and physical chemist, Professor of the Lobachevsky University, Dean of the Chemical Faculty. Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Head of the postgraduate research school "New materials based on inorganic compounds." He graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Lobachevsky University (1998) and PhD (2000), Doctor of Chemistry (2009), academic rank of professor...
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3. Vladimir Panov
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
State Personnel Administration
Vladimir Alexandrovich Panov is a Russian politician. He is the former Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod and a member of the State Duma. He has also served as the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Environment and Environmental Protection, chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch of Support Russia and as a member of the General Council of...
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4. Evgeni Bushmin
1958-2019 (aged 61)
statesperson
economist
politician
Yevgeny Viktorovich Bushmin was a Russian politician. He served as a Deputy of the 1st State Duma and Deputy Finance Minister, and was the member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. At the time of his death he was the incumbent member of the Federation Council for Rostov Oblast, and the...
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5. Mikhail Seslavinsky
1964-. (aged 62)
business magnate
businessperson
bibliophile
politician
journalist
Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky is a Russian researcher in book culture, a bibliophile and public figure.
6. Vladimir Dybo
1931-2023 (aged 92)
university teacher
linguist
Vladimir Antonovich Dybo was a Soviet and Russian linguist, Doctor Nauk in Philological Sciences (1979), Professor (1992), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011). A specialist in comparative historical linguistics and accentology, he was one of the founders of the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics. Dybo's law is named after him.
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7. Andrei Victorovich Gaponov-Grekhov
1926-2022 (aged 96)
physicist
Andrei Viktorovich Gaponov-Grekhov was a Russian (Soviet) physicist, a Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968, a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991), the founder of the Institute of Applied Physics in Nizhny Novgorod, and its first director in 1976-2003.
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8. Roman Antonov
1972-. (aged 54)
businessperson
politician
Roman Valerevich Antonov is a Russian businessman and politician who represents United Russia as a deputy in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Since 2012, he has served as Assistant Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District.
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9. Benjamin Fain
1930-2013 (aged 83)
physicist
Benjamin Fain was an Israeli physicist, professor-emeritus, and former refusenik.
10. Yakov B. Pesin
1946-. (aged 80)
mathematician
Yakov Borisovich Pesin was born in Moscow, Russia (former USSR) on December 12, 1946. Pesin is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Director of the Anatole Katok Center for Dynamical Systems and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). His primary areas of research are the theory of dynamical systems with an emphasis on smooth...
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11. Yevgeny Lebedev
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Evgeny Victorovich Lebedev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.
12. Boris Nemtsov
1959-2015 (aged 56)
statesperson
politician
physicist
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms into the Russian post-Soviet economy. In the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin, he was the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997). Later he worked in the government of...
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13. Zakhar Prilepin
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
writer
philologist
editor-in-chief
public figure
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin, writing as Zakhar Prilepin (Russian: Захар Прилепин), and sometimes using another pseudonym, Yevgeny Lavlinsky (Russian: Евгений Лавлинский), is a Russian writer, politician and paramilitary leader.
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14. Alexander Sergeev
1955-. (aged 71)
physicist
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sergeyev is a Russian physicist. In 2017-2022 he was the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
15. Elizaveta Solonchenko
1972-. (aged 54)
Elizaveta Solonchenko is a Russian politician who served as the Head of Nizhny Novgorod (2017), Deputy Head of Nizhny Novgorod (2013–2017), Deputy Chairman of the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod (2013-2015, 2018). She has been critical of the federal government.
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16. Dmitry Savelyev
1968-. (aged 58)
statesperson
politician
Dmitry Ivanovich Saveliev is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.