Famous Graduates

Valery Shlyamin Russian statesman. Headed the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Ministry of Economic Development of Karelia (1994-2003). Trade representative of Russia in Finland since 2003.
Yuri Andropov Soviet statesman. Secretary General of CPSU. Headed the Committee of State Security (KGB) for 15 years.
Sergey Voenushkin Soviet statesman. Minister of the Building Materials Industry of the USSR in the period from 1985 to 1989.
Rashid Nurgaliev Russian statesman. He headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from 2004 to 2012. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Robert Rozhdestvensky Noted Soviet poet. Author of over 70 poetry collections.
Sergey Orlov Famous Russian poet, published series of books about the war heroism during the Great Patriotic War. In 1941 he completed the first course of the Faculty of History and Philology.
Veniamin Kaganov Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the RF, graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in 1980.
Sergey Katanandov Karelian representative of the Federation Council, graduated from the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Construction in 1977.
Ivan Valentik Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the RF, graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1998.
Valentina Pivnenko State Duma Deputy of the RF, graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology in 1978.