12 Notable alumni of National Mining University
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
National Mining University is ranked #4,003 in the world and #20 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from National Mining 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 Mining University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Victor Veretennikov
1940-2023 (aged 83)
film producer
writer
politician
Victor Oleksandrovych Veretennikov was a Ukrainian businessman, writer, screenwriter, journalist & politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and later an independent, he served in the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994 and again from 2002 to 2006.
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2. Viktor Halasiuk
1981-. (aged 45)
public figure
economist
politician
Viktor Valeriiovych Halasiuk is a Ukrainian economist and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Radical Party of Oleh Liashko from 2014 to 2019. He is deputy leader of the RPOL on Economic Policy, President of the Ukrainian Association for the Club of Rome, a Member of National Reform Council, and Honorable...
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3. Petro Oliynyk
1957-2011 (aged 54)
politician
Petro Mykhailovych Oliynyk was a Ukrainian miner and politician who served as Governor of Lviv Oblast from 2005 to 2008. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 125th electoral district from 2002 to 2005. He was a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine.
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4. Volodymyr Biletskyy
1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher
mining engineer
Wikipedian
Volodymyr Stefanovych Biletskyy is a Ukrainian mining engineer, D.Sc. scientist, and researcher in the field of coal mining, publisher and political scientist. He has published many technical articles on the subject of mining, and was the initiator and editor of the first Ukrainian Mining Encyclopedia.
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5. Israel Bar-Yehuda
1895-1965 (aged 70)
trade unionist
politician
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
6. Yulia Tymoshenko
1960-. (aged 66)
economist
entrepreneur
politician
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada as People's Deputy of Ukraine several times between 1997 and 2007, and presently as of 2014, and was First Deputy...
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7. Joseph Kobzon
1937-2018 (aged 81)
public figure
singer
music educator
politician
Joseph Davydovich Kobzon was a Russian singer, known for his crooner style.
8. Gennadii Korban
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Hennadii Olehovych Korban is a Ukrainian former businessman and politician.
9. Vitold Fokin
1932-2025 (aged 93)
mining engineer
politician
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 August 1991 until 1 October 1992. He had earlier served as the prime minister of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 23 October 1990 to 24 August 1991.
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10. Yevhen Chervonenko
1959-. (aged 67)
racing automobile driver
politician
Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko is a Ukrainian politician and racing driver who served as governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast from 2005 to 2007. Chervonenko previously served as Minister of Transportation and Communication in 2005, and as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2002 to 2005.
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11. Friedrich Gorenstein
1932-2002 (aged 70)
playwright
screenwriter
writer
Friedrich Gorenstein was a Soviet and German Russian-language author and screenwriter of Ukrainian Jewish decent. His works primarily deal with Stalinism, antisemitism, and the philosophical-religious view of a peaceful coexistence between Jews and Christians.
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12. Eduard Stavytsky
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Eduard Anatoliyovych Stavytsky is a Ukrainian politician and government official who held several ministerial portfolios in the Azarov Government (2012–2014).
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