35 Notable alumni of Moscow State Linguistic University
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
Moscow State Linguistic University is ranked #3,524 in the world and #67 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 35 notable alumni from Moscow State Linguistic 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 Moscow State Linguistic University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Kiyekbayev Zhalil G
1911-1968 (aged 57)
scientist
Jalil Giniyatovich Keyekbaev was a Bashkir linguist, Turkologist, doctor of philological sciences (1960), professor (1961), writer and member of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Writers' Union. He is the founder of Bashkir linguistics and of the modern Bashkir school of Ural–Altaic languages.
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2. Alexander Militarev
1943-. (aged 83)
writer
philologist
Alexander Militarev is a Russian scholar of Semitic, Berber, Canarian, and Afroasiatic (Afrasian, Semito-Hamitic) languages, comparative-historical linguistics, Jewish and Bible studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities.
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3. Vyacheslav Kupriyanov
1939-. (aged 87)
poet
writer
translator
Vyacheslav Glebovich Kupriyanov is a Russian poet.
4. Karen Karagezyan
1935-2025 (aged 90)
writer
Karen Karovich Karagezyan was a Soviet and Russian journalist, translator and writer who was the deputy head of the press office at The Gorbachev Foundation. In different years he was the press secretary, advisor and assistant of Mikhail Gorbachev.
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5. Alexey Yaroshevsky
1984-. (aged 42)
newsmaker
blogger
journalist
Alexey Yaroshevsky is a Russian reporter, television host and commentator. Worked on RT network since 2005 until 2022, now he is the English voice commentator of the Russian Premier League, and also a former host at the Okko Sport Channel in Russia.
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6. Dina Oyun
1963-. (aged 63)
statesperson
politician
Dina Ivanovna Oyun is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Tuva since 14 October 2019.
7. Leonid Zuborev
1943-. (aged 83)
writer
Leonid Zuborev is a Soviet born author and biographer from Minsk, Belarus. He has written 20 books (mostly in Russian) ranging from historical novels, biographies, and children's literature. He came to United States 25 years ago and continued to write in both English and Russian. Currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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8. Inna Meiman-Kitrossky
1932-1987 (aged 55)
linguist
Inna Ilyinichna Meiman-Kitrossky was a refusenik, a member of a group of refuseniks-cancer patients, and an author of textbooks for the English language.
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9. Inna Solomonik
1932-2009 (aged 77)
philosopher
Inna Naumovna Solomonik was a Soviet and Russian specialist in puppet theatre. She graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1973 (first degree, diploma of French teacher) and got her PhD at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow) in 1981 (thesis: Javanese Wayang Purwa performance as a semiotic system under...
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10. Galina Yershova
1955-. (aged 71)
historian
social anthropologist
historical linguist
ethnographer
cultural anthropologist
Galina Gavrilovna Yershova is a Russian academic historian, linguist, and epigrapher, who specialises in the study of the ancient civilisations, cultures, and languages of the New World. As an Americanist scholar, her area of expertise is in the field of Mesoamerican studies, and in particular that of the pre-Columbian Maya civilisation, its historical literature, and its writing system. Yershova is...
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11. Aleksey Sorokin
1972-. (aged 54)
association football executive
politician
senior management
Alexey Leonidovich Sorokin, is a Russian football administrator who was a member of the FIFA Council until 2021. From his previous career, he was the secretary general and general director of the Russian Football Union and helped to organize the UEFA Champions League final in Moscow in 2008. In 2011, he was appointed as the CEO of the Local Organizing...
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12. Aharon Dolgopolsky
1930-2012 (aged 82)
linguist
Aharon Dolgopolsky, also spelled Aron was a Russian-Israeli linguist who is known as one of the modern founders of comparative Nostratic linguistics.
13. Dmitriy Petrov
1958-. (aged 68)
television presenter
university teacher
polyglot
translator
interpreter
Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov is a Russian polyglot, simultaneous interpreter, lecturer, broadcaster, and teacher. He is a host of the reality show Polyglot on the TV channel Russia-K. Finished Translation School of Moscow State Linguistics University where he teaches, as of 2016, at the Department of Translation Studies and English Translation Practice. Since 2012 has his multilingual language school called Dmitry...
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14. Igor Shchyogolev
1965-. (aged 61)
journalist
politician
Igor Olegovich Shchyogolev is a Russian politician. From May 2008 to 20 May 2012, he has served as the Russian Minister of Telecommunications. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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15. Enver Mamedov
1923-2023 (aged 100)
journalist
diplomat
Enver Nazim oglu Mammadov was a Soviet diplomat and a mass media manager. During his career, spent mostly in Russia and the West, he was primarily known under the Russianized form of his name, Enver Nazimovich Mamedov (Russian: Энвер Назимович Мамедов), or just Enver Mamedov.
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16. Pavel Palazhchenko
1949-. (aged 77)
writer
interpreter
diplomat
political scientist
Pavel Palazhchenko or Palazchenko is a former high-level Soviet conference interpreter who was the chief English interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze from 1985 and 1991.
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17. Oleg Troyanovsky
1919-2003 (aged 84)
diplomat
Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky was ambassador of the Soviet Union to Japan and China and was the Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations (from 1976 to 1986).
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18. Mikhail Lapshin
1934-2006 (aged 72)
statesperson
politician
Mikhail Ivanovich Lapshin was a Russian politician who had served as the 4th Head of the Altai Republic from 2002 to 2006.
19. Marina Boroditskaya
1954-. (aged 72)
writer
linguist
children's writer
translator
poet
Marina Yakovlevna Boroditskaya is a Russian children's poet and translator.
20. Mikhail Kozhukhov
1956-. (aged 70)
screenwriter
television presenter
producer
journalist
radio personality
Mikhail Yuryevich Kozhukhov is a Russian journalist and television presenter. Kozhukhov was a host of In Search of Adventures television program, for which he received the TEFI award in 2004; he was also awarded the Order of the Red Star.
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21. Arina Sharapova
1961-. (aged 65)
lecturer
editing staff
presenter
television presenter
journalist
Arina Ayanovna Sharapova is a Russian TV presenter, journalist and head of the workshop of journalism of the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting Ostankino.
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22. Leonid Volodarskiy
1950-2023 (aged 73)
linguist
voice actor
translator
actor
radio personality
Leonid Veniaminovitch Volodarsky was a Russian translator, writer, and weekly radio show anchor. He is mostly known in Russia as one of the home video voice-over translators of 1980s and 1990s films such as The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator dilogy, Last Action Hero, A Nightmare on Elm Street and others. Volodarsky was also the first translator of Stephen King books...
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23. Stas Namin
1951-. (aged 75)
director
songwriter
film producer
theatrical producer
rock musician
Anastas Alekseevich Mikoyan is a Russian rock musician known as the leader of the popular Soviet music group Tsvety (Russian: Цветы, lit. 'The Flowers'). He is also a composer, actor, record producer, and director, and lends his name to the theatre he created in Moscow, the Stas Namin Music and Drama Theatre (Russian: Театр музыки и драмы Стаса Намина, romanized: Teatr...
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24. Anna Federmesser
1977-. (aged 49)
physician
Anna Konstantinovna "Nyuta" Federmesser is a Russian humanitarian worker, founder of the Vera Foundation and the Lighthouse Children's Oncology Foundation, activist for the rights of oncology patients. She actively promotes awareness on the necessity of palliative care in Russia, suggesting legitimization of palliative help and establishment of proper education in this field.
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25. Viktor Gusev
1955-. (aged 71)
pundit
presenter
television presenter
Viktor Mikhailovich Gusev is a Russian TV presenter, sports commentator of the Channel One Russia; grandson of the poet Viktor Gusev, son of a scientist, Professor Mikhail Gusev, who headed the biological faculty of Moscow State University for 33 years.
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26. Wolfgang Leonhard
1921-2014 (aged 93)
politician
university teacher
writer
historian
opinion journalist
Wolfgang Leonhard was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism. A German Communist whose family had fled Hitler's Germany and who was educated in the Soviet Union, after World War II Leonhard became one of the founders and leaders of the German Democratic Republic until he became disillusioned and fled in...
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27. Anastasia Popova
1987-. (aged 39)
journalist
Anastasia Andreevna Popova is a Russian journalist who works for Russia-24. She directed a documentary The Syrian Diary about the war in Syria.
28. Zoya Svetova
1959-. (aged 67)
human rights defender
opinion journalist
journalist
Zoya Feliksovna Svetova is a Russian journalist and human rights defender, producer, author of the documentary novel Innocent Found Guilty (Russian: Признать невиновного виновным).
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29. Mariya Shukshina
1967-. (aged 59)
actor
YouTuber
director
translator
presenter
Maria Vasilievna Shukshina is a Russian actress. Her film credits include Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010), Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (2009) and American Daughter (1995). Her television credits include Dear Masha Berezina (2004), Take me with You (2008) and McMafia (2018). She hosted the show Wait for Me on Channel One Russia and was a member of...
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30. Igor Ivanov
1945-. (aged 81)
diplomat
politician
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations.
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31. Fiona Hill
1965-. (aged 61)
political scientist
Fiona Hill CMG is a British-American academic, foreign affairs advisor and author, who since 2023 has served as Chancellor of Durham University.
32. Kir Bulychev
1934-2003 (aged 69)
writer
historian
science fiction writer
playwright
literary scholar
Kir Bulychev was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, critic, translator and historian. His magnum opus is a children's science fiction series Alisa Selezneva, although most of his books are adult-oriented. His books were adapted for film, TV, and animation over 20 times – more than any other Russian science...
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33. Valeriya Novodvorskaya
1950-2014 (aged 64)
librarian
journalist
teacher
pedagogue
opinion journalist
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya was a Russian and Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician. She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a member of the editorial board of The New Times.
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34. Färit Möxämmätşin
1947-. (aged 79)
statesperson
diplomat
political scientist
politician
Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin is a Russian politician and a former prime minister of Tatarstan. He is an ethnic Tatar.
35. Enver Hoxha
1908-1985 (aged 77)
politician
partisan
Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian communist revolutionary, statesman and Marxist–Leninist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, a member of its Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian...
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