22 Notable alumni of Voronezh State University
Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees
Voronezh State University is ranked #2,277 in the world and #33 in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Voronezh 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 Voronezh State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Isaak Russman
1938-2005 (aged 67)
mathematician
economist
Isaak Borisovich Russman was a Russian mathematician and economist. He studied and worked at Voronezh State University.
2. Tserenbaltavyn Sarantuyaa
1959-. (aged 67)
jurist
Tserenbaltavyn Sarantuyaa is a Mongolian social scientist, lawyer, writer and an expert of Constitutional law. She received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2013.
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3. Mamadsho Ilolov
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
mathematician
politician
Mamadsho Ilolovich Ilolov is President of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, a former member of the Tajikistan Parliament and former Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, and former rector of Khorugh State University.
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4. Andrey Pavlovich Markov
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Andrey Pavlovich Markov is a Russian politician. He has represented the Anna constituency for the United Russia party since 2021.
5. Ilya Dolgov
1984-. (aged 42)
visual artist
Ilya Alexandrovich Dolgov, is a Russian artist.
6. David Bolt
civil servant
David John Bolt CBE is the current interim Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, who has held the interim role since 3 June 2024. He previously served in the same role between 2015 and 2021.
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7. Emilia Fridman
1959-. (aged 67)
university teacher
electrical engineer
Emilia Fridman is an Israeli professor of Electrical Engineering in the Engineering Faculty at Tel Aviv University, specializing in control theory, time-delay and distributed parameter systems. She is an IEEE fellow for “contributions to time-delay systems and sampled-data control”.
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8. Abir Igamberdiev
1959-. (aged 67)
theoretical biologist
biologist
Abir Ubayevich Igamberdiev is a Russian-Canadian theoretical biologist and plant scientist. He is professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He is most known for his research on organization of plant metabolism, for the conceptual development of foundations of theoretical biology, and for his works on history and philosophy of science.
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9. Dmitri Protopopov
1897-1986 (aged 89)
military personnel
politician
Dmitri Zakharovich Protopopov was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from April 1938 to August 1946. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1917. He was twice awarded the Order of Lenin. He was an ethnic Russian, born in Kostyonki, Voronezh Oblast, Russian Empire.
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10. Alison Suttie
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Alison Mary Suttie, Baroness Suttie is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords in September 2013. A party whip, she is a member of the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs team. She is also a trustee on the board of IPPR.
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11. Tamara Zamotaylova
1939-. (aged 87)
artistic gymnast
coach
Tamara Alekseyevna Lyukhina-Zamotaylova is a former Soviet gymnast who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
12. Oleg Reidman
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Oleg Reidman is a Moldovan politician, who served in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
13. Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart
1949-2018 (aged 69)
nuclear physicist
politician
physicist
Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was a Cuban nuclear physicist and government official. Frequently known by the diminutive Fidelito ('Little Fidel'), he was the eldest son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his first wife, Mirta Díaz-Balart.
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14. Dmitry Miller
1972-. (aged 54)
film actor
actor
television actor
Dmitry Arturovich Miller is a Russian theater actor.
15. Pavel Cherenkov
1904-1990 (aged 86)
nuclear physicist
inventor
physicist
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".
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16. Igor Kobzev
1966-. (aged 60)
Igor Ivanovich Kobzev, is a Russian statesman and former army officer, who is the incumbent 8th Governor of Irkutsk Oblast since 18 September 2020. He had previously been the acting governor, since 12 December 2019.
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17. Ali Mohamed Shein
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
minister
Ali Mohamed Shein was the 7th President of Zanzibar, from 2010 to 2020. He was previously Vice President of Tanzania from 2001 to 2010. Shein is originally from the island of Pemba, and he is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. He is a medical doctor by profession.
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18. Vladimir Sharov
1952-2018 (aged 66)
poet
writer
Vladimir Alexandrovich Sharov was a Russian novelist who was awarded the Russian Booker Prize in 2014 for his novel Return to Egypt (Возвращение в Египет).
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19. Galina Arapova
1972-. (aged 54)
lawyer
lecturer
human rights defender
jurist
public figure
Galina Arapova is a Russian jurist, director and senior media lawyer of the Mass Media Defence Centre in Voronezh. She is an expert on Russian media law.
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20. Kuzma Kiselyov
1903-1977 (aged 74)
medical administrator
foreign minister
diplomat
statesperson
politician
Kuzma Venediktovich Kiselyov was a Soviet and Belarusian diplomat, statesman, and politician. From 15 March 1946 to 14 May 1966, he served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. He also served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 June 1938 to 28 June 1940....
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21. Vladimir Zagorovsky
1925-1994 (aged 69)
local historian
correspondence chess player
chess player
historian
Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965. He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship and finished 2nd in the 1951 championship. In the July 1972 FIDE rating list he had an over the board rating of 2370. His brother Mikhail Zagorovsky...
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22. Elena Fanailova
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
journalist
linguist
translator
poet
Elena Nikolayevna Fanailova is a Russian poet.