26 Notable alumni of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering is ranked #3,481 in the world and #66 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering 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 University of Railway Engineering won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alexander Hrennikoff
1896-1984 (aged 88)
civil engineer
Alexander Pavlovich Hrennikoff was a Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method.
2. Elena Mikhailovskaya
1949-1995 (aged 46)
draughts player
Elena Konstantinovna Mikhailovskaya was the first female World champion in international draughts. She won this title five times in a row (1973–1977). Before that she was four-time champion of the Soviet Union in Russian checkers (1969–1972). Later she was coaching and heading the Moscow draughts federation.
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3. Alex Moiseyev
1959-. (aged 67)
draughts player
Alexander Moiseyev is a Soviet-born American draughts player. He holds the title of Grandmaster in international draughts, Russian draughts and English draughts. In this latter he was world champion in the 3-move variation from 2003 to 2013, winning five world championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011.
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4. Pavel A. Pevzner
1956-. (aged 70)
computer scientist
bioinformatician
Pavel Arkadevich Pevzner is the Ronald R. Taylor Professor of Computer Science and director of the NIH Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry at University of California, San Diego. He serves on the editorial board of PLoS Computational Biology and he is a member of the Genome Institute of Singapore scientific advisory board.
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5. Ivan Alexandrov
1875-1936 (aged 61)
engineer
economist
Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov was a Russian and Soviet engineer who played a significant role in the modernization of the Soviet Union.
6. Mikhail Kharit
1955-. (aged 71)
architect
Mikhail Kharit – a Soviet and Russian scientist, architect, PhD in Engineering Science, professor, writer, Lenin Komsomol Prize laureate in science and technology.
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7. Alexei Gordeyev
1955-. (aged 71)
university teacher
economist
politician
Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev is a Russian politician who served as Member and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. Previously he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004 and from 2018 to 2020, Governor of Voronezh Oblast from 2009 to 2017 and Agriculture Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2009.
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8. Anton Megerdichev
1969-. (aged 57)
film director
screenwriter
Anton Yevgenievich Megerdichev is a Russian director and screenwriter.
9. Vladimir Sloutsker
1956-2025 (aged 69)
statesperson
businessperson
politician
Vladimir Iosifovich Sloutsker was a Russian businessman and politician who served as a senator, representing Chuvash Republic in the Russian Parliament. Sloutsker was the co-founder and President of the Israeli Jewish Congress.
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10. Anatoly Lysenko
1937-2021 (aged 84)
director
editing staff
television producer
film director
journalist
Anatoly Grigorievich Lysenko was a Soviet and Russian television figure, journalist, director, producer. Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR. On 18 July 2012 he was appointed general director of Public Television of Russia.
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11. Vladimir Bulavin
1953-. (aged 73)
military officer
Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (2016-2023).
12. Vitaly Lagutenko
1904-1968 (aged 64)
engineer
architect
Vitaly Pavlovich Lagutenko was a Soviet architect and engineer. His studies of low-cost prefabricated concrete construction, supported by Nikita Khrushchev, led to a complete switch of Soviet building practice from masonry to prefab concrete. Lagutenko designed the standardized 5-story apartment houses, known as khrushchevka, and associated technologies of fast, mass-scale construction. These low-cost blocks, built by millions of units, helped...
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13. Anatoly Popov
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Chernobyl liquidator
Anatoly Alexandrovich Popov is an ethnic Russian who was the Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, Russia, from February 10, 2003, following the resignation of Mikhail Babich, to March 16, 2004. He was also acting President of the Chechen Republic from August 2003 to October 2003 during the presidential elections.
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14. Len Blavatnik
1957-. (aged 69)
financier
entrepreneur
chairperson
patron of the arts
actor
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik is a Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. As of April 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at $26.5 billion, ranking him the 75th-richest person in the world.
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15. Kris Kelmi
1955-2019 (aged 64)
pianist
bass guitarist
rock musician
composer
keyboardist
Kris Kelmi was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. He was a member of the bands Leap Summer, Autograph, and Rock Atelier. Some of his most well-known songs are Night Rendezvous, Closing the Ring, and Tired Taxi. Most online sources indicated that Kelmi was a pseudonym, and the musician's surname was Kalinkin. Kelmi denied this version....
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16. Igor Guberman
1936-. (aged 90)
poet
dissident
writer
Igor Mironovich Guberman is a Jewish Ukrainian writer and poet who lives in Israel since 1988. His poetry has received a great deal of acclaim primarily because of his signature aphoristic and satiric quatrains that he called gariki in Russian (singular: garik, which is also the diminutive form of the author's first name, Igor). These short poems (originally Guberman called...
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17. Vyacheslav Malezhik
1947-. (aged 79)
composer
guitarist
songwriter
poet
singer
Vyacheslav Yefimovich Malezhik is a Soviet and Russian singer, poet and composer, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation (2004). He participated in various musical groups, but became most famous as a solo artist.
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18. Alexander Voloshin
1956-. (aged 70)
entrepreneur
politician
Alexander Stalyevich Voloshin is a Russian politician who briefly was chairman of the board of directors of RAO UES, the former Russian state power utility, which was liquidated as part of the country's comprehensive power sector reforms on 1 July 2008. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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19. Konstantin Borovoi
1948-. (aged 78)
human rights defender
entrepreneur
politician
Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi is a liberal Russian politician and entrepreneur, Russian Parliament Member (1995–2000), former Chair of Party of Economic Freedom (1992–2003), and Chair of Party Western Choice (since 17 March 2013).
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20. Maxim Suraykin
1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the political party Communists of Russia (2012–22) and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast (2018–22). Suraykin was the Communists of Russia's candidate in the 2018 presidential election.
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21. Panteleimon Ponomarenko
1902-1984 (aged 82)
diplomat
politician
Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistance in Belarus. He served as an administrator at various positions within the Soviet government, including the leadership positions in Byelorussian and Kazakh SSRs.
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22. Leonid Boguslavsky
1951-. (aged 75)
businessperson
Leonid Boguslavsky is a USSR-born Canadian entrepreneur, scientist and venture capital investor. He was named the Internet investor of the year (Forbes, 2012) and the most successful investor of the year (RBC, 2017). He is the founder of RTP Global, a venture capital firm with offices in New York, London, Paris, Bangalore and Dubai. He was one of the first...
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23. Bidzina Ivanishvili
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
business oligarch
entrepreneur
businessperson
economist
Bidzina Ivanishvili, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a French-Georgian businessman, politician and billionaire oligarch. He is founder and the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party and has ruled Georgia de jure or de facto since 2012, after Georgian Dream secured victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election. Since 2024, he has been sanctioned by the United States...
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24. Yakov Dzhugashvili
1907-1943 (aged 36)
military personnel
senior lieutenant
Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, and the only child of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth.
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25. Alexander Maslyakov
1941-2024 (aged 83)
manufacturer
television presenter
presenter
film producer
television producer
Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was a Soviet and Russian television game show host. Maslyakov's most notable as the leader and presenter of the TV show KVN from 1964 to 2022.
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26. Sergei Udaltsov
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Sergei Stanislavovich Udaltsov is a Russian left-wing political activist. He is the unofficial leader of the Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM). In 2011 and 2012, he helped lead a series of protests against Vladimir Putin. In 2014 he was sentenced to 4¹⁄₂ years in a penal camp for organizing the May 2012 protest which ended in violence between the police...
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