13 Notable alumni of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University is ranked #4,984 in the world and #37 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Luhansk Taras Shevchenko 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 Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Evgeniy Svetlitsa
1983-. (aged 43)
ballet dancer
Evgeniy Svetlitsa is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and former soloist at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 2000 until 2022. Merited Artist of Ukraine since 2015. Winner of the Vadim Pisarev Prize.
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2. Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivanov
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivanov is a Ukrainian politician. Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (1998), member of the Party of Regions (since 2005); former People's Deputy of Ukraine.
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3. Sergei Nechay
1968-. (aged 58)
association football player
Sergei Vasilyevich Nechay is a Russian professional football official and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for PFC Nyva Vinnytsia.
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4. Lyubov Shulika
1988-. (aged 38)
sport cyclist
Lyubov Valeriyivna Basova, née Shulika, is a Ukrainian track cyclist.
5. Olga Kazakova
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Olga Mikhailovna Kazakova is a Russian politician, was the Minister of Culture of the Stavropol Krai, since 2012, deputy of the State Duma, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture.
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6. Kostiantyn Sytnyk
1926-2017 (aged 91)
botanist
physiologist
politician
Kostiantyn Merkuriyovych Sytnyk was a Ukrainian and Soviet scientist and academician, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine who in 1970-2003 was director of the Botanic Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Sytnyk also worked as a politician, and served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from...
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7. Lyuba Yakimchuk
1985-. (aged 41)
screenwriter
journalist
poet
literary critic
translator
Lyuba Yakimchuk, also known as Lyubov Yakymchuk, is a Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her work includes Apricots of Donbas (2015).
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8. Vitalii Kurylo
1957-. (aged 69)
historian
president
politician
Vitalii Semenovych Kurylo is a Ukrainian scientist and politician who formerly served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2006 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2019. The first time, he served eighth on the party list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, while the second time he represented Ukraine's 113th electoral district as an independent member of the Petro Poroshenko...
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9. Sergeĭ Aksënenko
1967-. (aged 59)
poet
writer
editing staff
editor-in-chief
politician
Serhiy Ivanovych Aksenenko is a Ukrainian politician, writer and journalist. He served as a member of Parliament of Ukraine from 1994 till 1998 representing the Lutuhyne electoral district No. 254. He is a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine (since 1992).
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10. Oleksandr Vorobiov
1984-. (aged 42)
artistic gymnast
Oleksandr Vorobiov is a Ukrainian gymnast. He won a bronze medal on rings at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
11. Oleksiy Danilov
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
entrepreneur
manager
veterinarian
jurist
Oleksiy Miacheslavovych Danilov is a Ukrainian politician who was the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2019 to 2024, when he was replaced by Oleksandr Lytvynenko, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
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12. Oleksandr Zavarov
1961-. (aged 65)
association football player
association football coach
Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov is a Ukrainian former footballer and the former head coach of FC Arsenal Kyiv. He became first among Soviets footballers who got transferred to West European world class club when he was picked by Juventus to replace the outgoing Michel Platini.
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13. Vasyl Holoborodko
1945-. (aged 81)
poet
writer
Vasyl Ivanovych Holoborodko is a Ukrainian poet and representative of the "Kyiv School of Poetry." His poems are characterized by their Ukrainian fairytale-like style. Holoborodko's books have been translated into English, Portuguese, Polish and German. Separate poems have also been translated into French, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Spanish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Swedish and Russian.
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