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19 Notable alumni of St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is ranked #3,943 in the world and #86 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Viktor Vesnin

1. Viktor Vesnin

1882-1950 (aged 68)
architect politician
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, was a Russian and Soviet architect. His early works (1909–1915) follow the canon of Neoclassicist Revival; in the 1920s, he and his brothers Leonid (1880–1933) and Alexander (1883–1959) emerged as leaders of Constructivist architecture, the Vesnin brothers. After the crackdown on Constructivism in 1931-32 and until his death, Viktor Vesnin was the highest-ranked architect in Soviet system,...
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Artur Kirilenko

2. Artur Kirilenko

1972-. (aged 54)
entrepreneur
Artur Vladimirovich Kirilenko, a Russian entrepreneur, between 1994 and 2010 was owner and director of Stroymontazh, one of the largest property development companies in St Petersburg, Russia. Honorary Builder of Russia.
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Illarion Ivanov-Schitz

3. Illarion Ivanov-Schitz

1865-1937 (aged 72)
architect
Illarion Aleksandrovich Ivanov-Schitz was a Russian architect, notable for developing a unique personal style, blending the Vienna Secession school of Otto Wagner with Greek Revival features. His career peaked in 1902-1912 with several Moscow buildings including the Morozov Hospital, the Merchant Club (now the Lenkom Theatre), Moscow Savings Bank, and the public buildings in Miusskaya Square. He was one of...
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Alexander Zelenko

4. Alexander Zelenko

1871-1953 (aged 82)
engineer architect
Alexander Ustinovich Zelenko, was a Russian and Soviet architect and educator, a pioneer in settlement movement and vocational education. Originally a practitioner of provincial Art Nouveau in Samara and Moscow, he later joined the camp of rationalists and focused on perfecting school and museum designs.
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Vladimir Fyodorov

5. Vladimir Fyodorov

1946-. (aged 80)
statesperson politician
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fedorov is a Russian politician who served as a senator from the Republic of Karelia from 2003 to 2016.
Gavriil Ter-Mikelov

6. Gavriil Ter-Mikelov

1874-1949 (aged 75)
architect
Gabriel Mikhaylovich Ter-Mikelov was a prominent architect of Armenian descent.
Alexander Eichenwald

7. Alexander Eichenwald

1864-1944 (aged 80)
physicist
Alexander Alexandrovich Eichenwald was a Russian experimental physicist who worked on electrodynamics. He conducted experiments on electromagnetism, electrical fields, and on the construction of instruments to measure magnetic fields. His most famous experiment, following those of Wilhelm Röntgen, examined the predictions of James Clerk Maxwell. Named after them as the Röntgen-Eichenwald experiment, this demonstrated that the movement of static charges...
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Arkady Melua

8. Arkady Melua

1950-. (aged 76)
publisher
Arkady Ivanovich Melua is the general director and editor-in-chief of the scientific publishing house, Humanistica.
Mikhail Ikonnikov

9. Mikhail Ikonnikov

1818-1897 (aged 79)
architect
Mikhail Stepanovich Ikonnikov was a Kyiv Guberniya architect, once famous among Kyiv city residents.
Sergei Eisenstein

10. Sergei Eisenstein

1898-1948 (aged 50)
draftsperson film editor director cinematographer inventor
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938)...
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Sergey Shnurov

11. Sergey Shnurov

1973-. (aged 53)
bass guitarist public figure violinist showman actor
Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as Shnur (lit. cord), of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he formed in 1997. The group disbanded between 2008 and 2010, during which time Shnur formed Rubl with other members of Leningrad.
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Alexander Beglov

12. Alexander Beglov

1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Alexander Dmitriyevich Beglov is a Russian politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. He was appointed acting Governor of Saint Petersburg on 3 October 2018. In the 2019 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial election, Beglov won with 64.43% of the votes.
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Sergei Polonsky

13. Sergei Polonsky

1972-. (aged 54)
entrepreneur
Sergei Yurievich Polonsky is a Russian businessman. He is the owner and head of one of the largest real estate companies in Russia, previously known as Mirax Group (2004–2011). He was one of the richest men in Russia before the 2008 financial crisis with a net worth of $5 billion and projects in 11 countries in the world. Now, he...
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Yevgeny Nesterenko

14. Yevgeny Nesterenko

1938-2021 (aged 83)
songwriter opera singer music educator opinion journalist
Yevgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko was a Soviet and Russian operatic bass. He made an international career, based at the Bolshoi Theatre. He performed a vast repertoire of 50 leading roles, and was known for the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. He was active in concert, and composers wrote music for him such as Suite on Verses of Michelangelo by Dmitri...
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Lev Kekushev

15. Lev Kekushev

1862-1917 (aged 55)
teacher architect
Lev Nikolayevich Kekushev was a Russian architect, notable for his Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, built in the 1890s and early 1900s in the original, Franco-Belgian variety of this style. Kekushev's buildings are notable for his skillful use of metal ornaments and his signature with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture.
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Eduard Gurvits

16. Eduard Gurvits

1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Eduard Yosypovych Hurvits is a Ukrainian politician who served as the 71st mayor of Odesa on two occasions; first from July 1994 to 26 May 1998, and then from 5 April 2005 to 6 November 2010. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on two occasions, from 27 March 1994 to 26 March 2006 and from 28 October...
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Lazar Khidekel

17. Lazar Khidekel

1904-1986 (aged 82)
painter architect university teacher draftsperson
Lazar Markovich Khidekel was an artist, designer, architect and theoretician, who is noted for realizing the abstract, avant-garde Suprematist movement through architecture.
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Alexander Vesnin

18. Alexander Vesnin

1883-1959 (aged 76)
draftsperson lecturer scenographer university teacher visual artist
Alexander Aleksandrovich Vesnin, together with his brothers Leonid and Viktor, was a leading light of Constructivist architecture. He is best known for his meticulous perspectival drawings such as Leningrad Pravda of 1924.
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Jan Zachwatowicz

19. Jan Zachwatowicz

1900-1983 (aged 83)
university teacher conservator art historian architect restorer
Jan Zachwatowicz was a Polish architect, architectural historian, and restorer. He is notable for being the creator of the Blue Shield cultural heritage symbol.
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