17 Notable alumni of National Aerospace University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Aerospace University is ranked #3,452 in the world and #15 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from National Aerospace 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 National Aerospace University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Vladimir Lysenko
1955-. (aged 71)
traveler
Vladimir Ivanovich Lysenko is a Russian academic and world traveler. He set several Guinness World Records related to high-altitude river rafting.
2. Alla Aleksandrovska
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Alla Oleksandrivna Aleksandrovska is a Ukrainian politician. A member of the Communist Party of Ukraine, she served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1998 to 2012.
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3. Viktor Ivanchyk
1956-. (aged 70)
businessperson
Viktor Ivanchyk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, co-founder, majority shareholder and CEO of Astarta Agricultural Holding. Honoured Worker of Agriculture of Ukraine.
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4. Ivan Nikitchuk
1944-2023 (aged 79)
politician
Ivan Ignatyevich Nikitchuk was a Russian engineer and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, he served in the State Duma from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2016.
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5. Andrey Dashkov
1965-. (aged 61)
writer
Andrey Dashkov is a contemporary horror fiction writer which resides in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and writes in Russian. Genre of Dashkov's first novels may be defined as dark fantasy. His last novels and short stories usually carry the outward conventions of the horror fiction genre, but include elements of dystopia and mysticism.
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6. Pavlo Naumenko
1965-2023 (aged 58)
engineer
Pavlo Naumenko was a Ukrainian aerospace engineer.
7. Georgii Chornyi
1937-. (aged 89)
historian
writer
Geόrgii Chόrnyi is a Ukrainian aeronautical engineer who was awarded a State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 2018. He has also written a history of early Ukraine, and received the Mykhailo Chabanivskyi Ukrainian literary Prize in 2015.
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8. Vitaly Mukha
1936-2005 (aged 69)
statesperson
politician
Vitaly Petrovich Mukha was a Ukrainian-born Russian politician, who served as the first and third Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast from 1991 to 1993 and from 1995 to 2000.
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9. Oleksiy Torokhtiy
1986-. (aged 40)
weightlifter
Oleksiy Pavlovych Torokhtiy is a Ukrainian weightlifter, an Olympic Gold Medalist in weightlifting (London 2012) until disqualified for a doping offence, winner of World and European Championships. Participant of two Olympic Games (2008, 2012). Oleksiy was also a Member of European Weightlifting Federation Executive Committee, Deputy Chairman of Ukrainian National Olympic Commіttee Athletes Commission and the Vice-President of the Weightlifting...
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10. Vladyslav Atroshenko
1968-. (aged 58)
businessperson
politician
Vladyslav Anatoliyovych Atroshenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the mayor of Chernihiv from 2015 to 2023. On 7 December 2022, the Yavoriv District Court removed Atroshenko as Chernihiv mayor over allegations that at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, he took his family away from areas being shelled in an official car.
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11. Valery Limarenko
1960-. (aged 66)
economist
Valery Igorevich Limarenko is a Russian politician currently serving as Governor of Sakhalin Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, since 2018.
12. Ihor Rainin
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
economist
Ihor Lvovych Rainin or Raynin is a Ukrainian politician. From February 2015 until August 2016 he was governor of Kharkiv Oblast. On 29 Aug 2016, he was promoted to head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Under a presidential decrees signed on 21 May 2019, he was dismissed by new President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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13. Lyudmila Shvetsova
1949-2014 (aged 65)
politician
Lyudmila Ivanovna Shvetsova was a Russian stateswoman and politician.
14. Mykola Martynenko
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Mykola Volodymyrovych Martynenko is a Ukrainian politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1998 to 2015, as a member of the People's Front. From 2009 until 2011 he headed the parliamentary faction of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc.
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15. Dmytro Kiwa
1942-2024 (aged 82)
design engineer
Dmytro Semenovich Kiva was a Ukrainian engineer and academic who was a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, Order of Merit and Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Additionally, he was once the President–General designer at Antonov.
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16. Oleg Kononenko
1964-. (aged 62)
test cosmonaut
engineer
astronaut
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko is a Russian cosmonaut. He has flown to the International Space Station five times as a flight engineer on Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M, as a flight engineer on...
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17. Alexander Korshunov
1968-. (aged 58)
engineer
lawyer
police officer
politician
Alexander Viktorovich Korshunov is a Transnistrian Obnovlenie politician. He has been Chairman and Speaker of the Transnistrian Supreme Council since 2019.
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