47 Notable alumni of N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute is ranked #1,649 in the world and #22 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 47 notable alumni from N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Valeri F. Venda
1937-. (aged 89)
psychologist
Valerii Fedorovich Venda is a Soviet and Russian psychologist, engineer, and designer. His main research areas are perception (or apperception) and cognition, the connection (attachment) between anatomical (structural) perceptual information and complex thoughts, which includes, problem solving; the process of mutual adaptation and transitions in general systems theory, the psychology of engineering and ergonomics; systems of hybrid intellect, and ergodynamics.
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2. Vadim Gushchin
1963-. (aged 63)
photographer
Vadim Gushchin is a Russian art-photographer.
3. Valentin Balakhnichev
1949-2026 (aged 77)
athletics competitor
coach
Valentin Vasilyevich Balakhnichev was a Russian engineer and athletics coach and a president of the All-Russia Athletic Federation. After investigations into corruption involving performance enhancing drug testing, Balakhnichev was banned for life by the IAAF.
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4. Vladimir Sukhomlin
1945-. (aged 81)
computer scientist
Vladimir Sukhomlin is a Russian computer scientist, Dr.Sc., Professor, a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Moscow State University.
5. Isaac Elishakoff
1944-. (aged 82)
mathematician
mechanical engineer
engineer
Isaac Elishakoff is an Israeli-American engineer who is Distinguished Research Professor in the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Department in the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. He is a recognized figure in the area of theoretical and applied mechanics. He has made seminal contributions in the areas of random vibrations, structural reliability, solid mechanics of composite materials, semi-inverse problems of...
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6. Yury Komarov
1945-. (aged 81)
businessperson
Yury Alexandrovich Komarov is a Russian businessman.
7. Vladimir Matyukhin
1945-. (aged 81)
director
Vladimir Matyukhin is a Russian general.
8. Viktor Potapov
1947-2017 (aged 70)
skipper
Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov was a Soviet and Russian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
9. Vladimir Lavrov
1919-2011 (aged 92)
diplomat
Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov was a Russian diplomat and ambassador of the Soviet Union.
10. Anatoly Lavrentiev
1904-1984 (aged 80)
diplomat
Anatoly Iosifovich Lavrentiev was a Soviet diplomat. He served as the head of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet government from 8 March 1944 to 13 March 1946. He was a member of the CPSU (b).
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11. Victor Brailovsky
1935-. (aged 91)
mathematician
politician
Dr Victor Brailovsky is an Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, aliyah activist and former politician. He served as Minister of Science and Technology for six days in 2004. In May 1986 Brailovsky was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Open University in England.
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12. Ilya Kazakov
1972-. (aged 54)
presenter
writer
journalist
lya Arkadievich Kazakov; 3 August 1972, Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football commentator, TV presenter, journalist, author and former press attaché of the Russian national football team (2005-2015). He was the Ambassador for 2018 FIFA World Cup host city Saransk.
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13. Əli Abbasov
1953-. (aged 73)
computer scientist
politician
university teacher
Ali Abbasov Mammad oglu was the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2015.
14. Oleg Ivanovsky
1922-2014 (aged 92)
engineer
military flight engineer
Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program who played a pioneering role in spacecraft construction.
15. Samvel Kocharyants
1909-1993 (aged 84)
electrical engineer
Samvel Grigorievich Kocharyants was a Soviet Armenian designer and developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles. He was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor twice.
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16. Vladimir Kirillin
1913-1999 (aged 86)
thermophysicist
politician
physicist
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin was a Soviet physicist specializing in energetics and thermophysics and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, as well as a Soviet party official.
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17. Nikolay Rogalev
1962-. (aged 64)
scientist
Nikolay Dmirtievich Rogalev is a Russian scientist and energetics researcher. Rector of Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) since 2013.
18. M. P. Parameswaran
1935-. (aged 91)
physicist
engineer
M. P. Parameswaran is an Indian nuclear engineer and educationist, who played an important role in the Indian nuclear programme. In 2022, he was honoured with Kerala Sree Award, third highest civilian award given by the Government of Kerala.
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19. Sergei Treshchov
1958-. (aged 68)
engineer
aircraft pilot
astronaut
Sergey Yevgenyevich Treshchov is a former cosmonaut of the RSC Energia. He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission he also conducted a spacewalk.
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20. Yuri Kasparov
1955-. (aged 71)
music educator
composer
Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied for his doctorate under Edison Denisov. Under the patronage of Denisov, he founded the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1990 and is its artistic director. He is the chairman of the Russian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
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21. Bashir Rameyev
1918-1994 (aged 76)
computer scientist
engineer
Bashir Iskandarovich Rameev was a Soviet inventor and scientist, one of the founders of Soviet computing, author of 23 patents, including the first patent in the field of electronic computers officially registered in the USSR—a patent for the Automatic Electronic Digital Machine (1948). Rameev's inventions paved the way for the development of a new field in Soviet science—electronic computing—and for...
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22. Nikolay Brusentsov
1925-2014 (aged 89)
computer scientist
engineer
inventor
design engineer
Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov was a computer scientist, most famous for having built a (balanced) ternary computer, Setun, together with Sergei Sobolev in 1958. In 1970 he designed Setun 70, implementing principles which were later proposed for the RISC architecture independently. He died on 4 December 2014.
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23. Boris Chertok
1912-2011 (aged 99)
university teacher
military flight engineer
Boris Yevseyevich Chertok was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos.
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24. Georgy Boos
1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson
politician
Georgy Valentinovich Boos is a Russian businessman and politician who served as the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast from 2005 to 2010.
25. Vladimir Kotelnikov
1908-2005 (aged 97)
mathematician
astronomer
engineer
politician
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov was an information theory and radar astronomy pioneer from the Soviet Union. He was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Technical Science (radio technology) in 1953. From 30 July 1973 to 25 March 1980 Kotelnikov served as chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.
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26. Yaroslav Nilov
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Yaroslav Yevgenyevich Nilov is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He chairs the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs. He is a member of the populist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
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27. Andrey Korkunov
1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson
Andrey Korkunov or Andrei Nikolaevich Korkunov is a Russian entrepreneur. He was a rocket scientist but he was noted for founding the A. Korkunov Chocolate Manufacturing Company, one of the largest confectionery companies in Russia and considered the only producer of high-end chocolates in the country. Korkunov is also an investor.
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28. Sergey Filatov
1936-2023 (aged 87)
electrical engineer
civil servant
politician
Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov was a Russian statesman, who was the chief of Russian presidential executive office from 1993 to 1996, during the Boris Yeltsin's first term.
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29. Andrei Kosogov
1961-. (aged 65)
entrepreneur
Andrei Kosogov is a Russian businessman. He is a co-founder of the international investment firm LetterOne.
30. Vladimir Veksler
1907-1966 (aged 59)
nuclear physicist
physicist
Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler was a Soviet experimental physicist who invented the microtron. He was head of the Nuclear Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
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31. Ella Pamfilova
1953-. (aged 73)
engineer
politician
Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova is a Russian politician, former deputy of the State Duma, candidate for president in 2000 and former chairwoman (2004 - 2010) of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. On 18 March 2014, she became Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, succeeding Vladimir Lukin. On 28 March 2016, she became the chairwoman of the Central Election...
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32. Sergey Lisovskiy
1960-. (aged 66)
television presenter
statesperson
businessperson
politician
Sergey Fedorovich Lisovsky is a Russian politician, who was a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation in 2004–2020, a representative of the Kurgan Regional Duma. TV host channel RBC TV. In the past - the entrepreneur. Candidate of Philology (2000). Member of the General Council of the party United Russia. It is one of the pioneers of...
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33. Timur Kizyakov
1967-. (aged 59)
television presenter
Timur Borisovich Kizyakov is a Russian TV host, host of the program While Еveryone is Нome (Channel One Russia).
34. Alexey Ananenko
1969-. (aged 57)
engineer
Chernobyl liquidator
Oleksiy Mykhailovych Ananenko is a Ukrainian mechanical engineer who worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
35. Vladimir Markin
1959-. (aged 67)
composer
singer-songwriter
pianist
guitarist
presenter
Vladimir Nikolaevich Markin is a Russian pop singer, entrepreneur, composer, songwriter.
36. Roman Avdeev
1967-. (aged 59)
banker
Roman Ivanovich Avdeev is a Russian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. In 2018, his fortune was estimated at $1.5 billion.
37. Vladimir Holstinin
1958-. (aged 68)
record producer
guitarist
composer
Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin is a Russian guitarist. He is one of the founding members of heavy metal band Aria.
38. Sergey Smirnov
1915-1976 (aged 61)
television presenter
writer
historian
public figure
radio personality
Sergey Sergeyevich Smirnov was a Soviet writer, a historian, a radio- and TV-presenter, a public figure, a Lenin Prize winner (1965). He was a member of the RCP(b) since 1946.
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39. Alexander Akimov
1953-1986 (aged 33)
technician
Chernobyl liquidator
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986.
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40. Sergei Khrushchev
1935-2020 (aged 85)
academic
writer
historian
political scientist
engineer
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev was a Soviet-born American engineer and the second son of the Cold War-era Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with his wife Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva. He moved to the United States in 1991 and became a naturalized American citizen.
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41. Anatoly Chubais
1955-. (aged 71)
economist
businessperson
politician
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais is a Russian-Israeli politician and economist who was responsible for privatization in Russia as an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s. During this period, he was a key figure in introducing a market economy and the principles of private ownership to Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. He has the federal...
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42. Li Peng
1928-2019 (aged 91)
politician
Li Peng was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy behind then CCP General Secretary Jiang...
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43. Yakov Rozval
1932-2015 (aged 83)
inventor
Rozval Yakov Borisovich – Soviet, and subsequently, Russian engineer, chief designer of the Soviet-wide Scientific Research Institute of TV and radio broadcasting, Honored Inventor of the RSFSR, Honorary radioman.
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44. Peng Shilu
1925-2021 (aged 96)
nuclear engineer
Peng Shilu was a Chinese nuclear engineer. Hailed as "the father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", he was the first chief designer of the country's nuclear submarine project, directing his team to build China's first generation of nuclear submarines (Type 091 and Type 092). He was also the main designer for China's first...
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45. Ion Iliescu
1930-2025 (aged 95)
design engineer
non-fiction writer
revolutionary
writer
engineer
Ion Iliescu was a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the first and the third President of Romania since the country's transition to democracy. He occupied the office from 1990 until 1996 and again from 2000 until 2004. Iliescu was also a senator for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which he founded and where he became the honorary president...
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46. Michael Roth
1936-2019 (aged 83)
engineer
Michael Helmut Roth is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2025.
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47. Rumen Ovcharov
1952-. (aged 74)
economist
engineer
physicist
politician
Rumen Stoyanov Ovtcharov is a Bulgarian politician, engineer, physicist and economist. He was a member of the National Parliament on four occasions and was the Minister of the Economy and Energy between 17 August 2005 and 18 July 2007.
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