20 Notable alumni of Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University is ranked #2,108 in the world and #31 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical 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 Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Vladimir Gandelsman
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
poet
translator
Vladimir Arkadyevich Gandelsman is a Russian poet and translator.
2. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kharkevich
1904-1965 (aged 61)
electrotechnician
scientist
radio technician
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kharkevich was a specialist in radio engineering, electronics, acoustics and instrumentation. He was a corresponding member in 1960 and an academician in 1964 of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
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3. Dmitry Burkov
1960-. (aged 66)
Dmitry Vladimirovich Burkov is one of the Internet industry pioneers in Russia, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development, one of the originators of the Eurasia Network Operators' Group (ENOG).
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4. Anatoly Shalyto
1948-. (aged 78)
computer scientist
researcher
Anatoly Abramovich Shalyto is a Russian scientist, doctor of sciences, and professor. He was awarded by Russian State Government in 2008 for his achievements in education and his development of the technology for Automata-based programming called "Switch-technology." He is also an initiator of the Open Project Documentation Initiative.
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5. Vitaly Efimov
1940-. (aged 86)
politician
economist
Vitaly N. Efimov is a Soviet theoretical physicist. He proposed the existence of a novel and exotic state of matter now dubbed the Efimov State as a researcher in A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, USSR in his 1970 paper "Energy levels arising from resonant two-body forces in a three-body system". It was announced in 2006...
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6. Arkady Aronov
1939-1994 (aged 55)
physicist
Arkady Girshevich Aronov was a Russian and Israeli theoretical condensed matter physicist, notable for his achievements in physics of semiconductors and in mesoscopic physics.
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7. Alexander Mindlin
1929-2019 (aged 90)
electrotechnician
writer
Alexander Borisovich Mindlin was a Russian engineer and author.
8. Boris Vishnevsky
1955-. (aged 71)
political scientist
statesperson
opinion journalist
politician
journalist
Boris Lazarevich Vishnevsky is a Russian statesman, political scientist, journalist, public figure, publicist, politician, and opposition figure. He was the leader of the Yabloko faction in the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg from September 22, 2016, to September 19, 2021.
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9. Aleksandr Dyachenko
1965-. (aged 61)
composer
record producer
guitarist
manufacturer
television actor
Alexander Stanislavovich Dyachenko is a Russian actor, record producer and musician.
10. Dinara Drukarova
1976-. (aged 50)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Dinara Anatolyevna Drukarova is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director.
11. Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin
1959-. (aged 67)
statesperson
businessperson
politician
Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin is a Russian businessman and politician. Senator from Moscow since 2018. Previously he was an Aide to the President of Russia and head of the Control Directorate of the Presidential Administration of Russia. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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12. Vyacheslav Pozgalyov
1946-. (aged 80)
statesperson
politician
Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalyov is a Russian retired politician, who served as governor of Vologda Oblast from 1996–2011. He was born in Pyongyang, North Korea to a family of Smersh officer. He was raised in the Far East and Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast.
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13. Rada Granovskaya
1929-2022 (aged 93)
university teacher
psychologist
Rada Mikhailovna Granovskaya was a well-known psychologist, professor of the Saint Petersburg State University; academician of the Baltic Academy of Pedagogical Sciences and the International Academy of Acmeology. Her basic works are on practical psychology and psychological protection. She is an author of conceptual model of interaction of thinking of the person with system of the subconscious and realized psychological...
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14. Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov
1944-1998 (aged 54)
politician
banker
Dmitry Filippov was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. An influential member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Lensovet before 1991, Filippov established Saint Petersburg's tax service in the early 1990s and was one of the city's most prominent businessmen during the 1990s, with significant investments in the Russian petrochemical industry. He was killed in...
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15. Valery Golubev
1952-. (aged 74)
statesperson
businessperson
politician
Valery Aleksandrovich Golubev is a Russian politician and businessman. He is a former Head of the Vasileostrovsky Administrative District of St. Petersburg, former member of the Federation Council of Russia, and a Deputy CEO Gazprom and the Head of its Department for Construction and Investment. He retired in 2019.
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16. Alexei Kuzmitsky
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Aleksey Alekseyevich Kuzmitsky is a Russian politician who had served as the first governor of Kamchatka Krai from 2007 to 2011.
17. Daniil Granin
1919-2017 (aged 98)
writer
novelist
short story writer
screenwriter
Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, original family name German (Russian: Ге́рман), was a Soviet and Russian author.
18. Alexander Kolker
1933-2023 (aged 90)
composer
Alexander Naumovich Kolker was a Soviet and Russian composer and Honored Artist of the RSFSR, awarded in 1981.
19. Yury Boldyrev
1960-. (aged 66)
economist
statesperson
opinion journalist
politician
Yury Yurievich Boldyrev is a Russian economist and politician, he was a Senator from Saint Petersburg from 1993 to 1995, and Deputy Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 1995 to 2001. Boldyrev was one of the founders of the Yabloko party, but left in 1995.
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20. Zhores Alferov
1930-2019 (aged 89)
politician
inventor
physicist
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov was a Russian applied physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. In 2000, Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics. He also became a politician in his later life, serving in the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party from...
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