7 Notable alumni of St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation
Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees
St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation is ranked #6,558 in the world and #180 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation 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 Civil Aviation won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ruben Yesayan
1946-2026 (aged 80)
test pilot
airline pilot
Ruben Tatevosovich Yesayan was a Russian-Armenian test pilot. He tested several aircraft, including Tupolev Tu-334, Tupolev Tu-154, Ilyushin Il-76MF, Ilyushin Il-96 and Ilyushin Il-114, and received the title of the Hero of the Russian Federation.
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2. Bogdan Bulychev
1984-. (aged 42)
traveler
editor-in-chief
editing staff
Bogdan Yuryevich Bulychev is a Russian explorer, journalist and video blogger. He is known as the expeditions center RGOexpo manager, expeditions and travel projects organizer, the chief editor and the founder of #NEW JET magazine, the founder of #NEW JET group agency. Also he is the member of the Russian Geographical Society, the Association of Polar Explorers and Yaroslavl Oblast...
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3. Vadym Novynskyi
1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson
politician
Vadym Novynskyi is a Russian-born Ukrainian billionaire businessman, priest and politician of Armenian descent. He is the owner of the Smart Holding Group, which has made him one of the wealthiest people in Ukraine. Novynskyi is also a protodeacon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, allegedly of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC). He was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2013, later...
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4. Marina Popovich
1931-2017 (aged 86)
writer
engineer
aircraft pilot
test pilot
Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier. Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one hundred aviation world records on over 40 types of aircraft over her...
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5. Valery Okulov
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Valery Mikhailovich Okulov is a Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, the former general director of Aeroflot. The actual state of the Russian Federation 2 Class Advisor (22 September 2011).
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6. Uładzimier Jarmošyn
1942-. (aged 84)
engineer
politician
Vladimir Vasilievich Yermoshin is a Belarusian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belarus from 2000 to 2001.
7. Rolandas Paksas
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth President of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and...
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