Student Successes
Samara University alumni include talented designers and engineers, renowned experts in various fields.
Famous Graduates
Alexander Kirilin | General Director of Progress Rocket and Space Center, which produces Soyuz-family rocket carriers and various types of spacecraft. |
Alexander Pekarsh | Deputy General Director of Sukhoi Company, General Manager of its affiliate: Yuri Gagarin Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Yuri Gagarin KoAAP), which manufactures modern Russian aircraft, including the T-50 fighter jet and Sukhoi Superjet 100. |
Vitaly Markelov | Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Gazprom. |
Konstantin Titov | Russian statesman. Former Governor of Samara Region Former senator (2007-2014). |
Lev Khasis | Member of the Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Board, Sberbank of Russia. |
Mikhail Degtyarev | Politician. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Science and Science-Intensive Technologies. |
Oleg Sysuev | First Mayor of Samara, former Vice Premier of the Russian Government, First Deputy Head of the RF Presidential Administration, First Deputy Chairman of the Board, Alfa Bank. |
Yuri Belonoschenko | Founder of Baby Club Network. Left his position as the Head of Uralsib Management Company to start his own business. |
Oleg Demchenko | President of Irkut Сorporation JSC, СEO and Сhief Сonstruction Engineer of JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau. |
Ilona Korstin | Russian basketball player, two-time Olympic champion, two-time World champion, three-time European сhampion as a member of the Russian team. СEO of the VTB United League. |