4 Notable alumni of Nizhyn Gogol State University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Nizhyn Gogol State University is ranked #8,997 in the world and #125 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 4 notable alumni from Nizhyn Gogol State 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 Nizhyn Gogol State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Nestor Kukolnik
1809-1868 (aged 59)
librettist
writer
romanist
playwright
poet
Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed as sententious and sentimental. Today, he is best remembered for having contributed to the libretto of the first Russian opera, A Life for the Tsar by Mikhail Glinka. Glinka also set many of...
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2. Yefim Karskiy
1860-1931 (aged 71)
dialectologist
philologist
linguist
slavist
Yefim Fyodorovich Karsky was a Belarusian linguist, Slavist, ethnographer, and paleographer, founder of Belarusian linguistics, literary studies and paleography, a member of numerous scientific institutions, and author of more than 100 works on linguistics, ethnography, paleography and others.
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3. Leonid Hlibov
1827-1893 (aged 66)
writer
prose writer
poet
secondary school teacher
Leonid Ivanovych Hlibov was a Ukrainian poet, writer, teacher, and civic figure.
4. Yevgeny Grebyonka
1812-1848 (aged 36)
writer
publisher
pedagogue
translator
poet
Yevhen Pavlovych Hrebinka was a Ukrainian romantic prose writer, poet, and philanthropist. He wrote in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages. He was an older brother of the architect Mykola Hrebinka.
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