Historical alumni
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Sergey Aksakov (1791 – 1859)
Writer, critic, social thinker
Studied 1804 – 1807
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Semyon Altshuler (1911 – 1983)
Theoretical physicist, discoverer of electron paramagnetic resonance
Studied 1928 – 1932
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Alexander Arbuzov (1877 – 1968)
Organic chemist
Studied 1896 – 1900
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Alexander Butlerov (1828 – 1886)
Founder of organic chemistry in Russia, lepidopterologist, apiarist, Rector of Imperial Kazan University 1860 – 1863
Studied 1844 – 1849
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Nikolay Chetayev (1902 – 1959)
Mathematician, mechanician, contributor to aviation science and ballistic science
Studied 1920 – 1924
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Velimir Khlebnikov (1885 – 1922)
Poet, writer, prominent representative of Russian Futurism
Studied 1903 – 1908
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Vladimir Khvostov (1905 – 1972)
Historian of the Modern Era, diplomat, Academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Studied 1921 – 1926
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Alexander Konovalov (1934 – 2021)
Rector of Kazan State University 1979 – 1990
Studied 1951 – 1956
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Yury Konoplyov (1939 – 2023)
Rector of Kazan State University 1990 – 2001
Studied 1957 – 1962
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Vladimir Krat (1911 – 1983)
Astronomer, Director of Pulkovo Observatory (1964 – 1979)
Studied 1928 – 1932
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Nikolay Lobachevsky (1792 – 1856)
Mathematician, founder of non-Euclidean geometry, Rector of Imperial Kazan University 1827 – 1846
Studied 1807 – 1811
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Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912 – 1974)
Chess and checkers player, International Master
Studied 1930 – 1937
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Mikhail Nuzhin (1914 – 1983)
Mathematician, Rector of Kazan State University 1954 – 1979
Studied 1933 – 1938
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Aleksey Petrov (1910 – 1972)
Physicist, author of Petrov classification of gravitational fields
Studied 1932 – 1937
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Ivan Simonov (1794 – 1855)
Astronomer, explorer of the Antarctic, Rector of Imperial Kazan University 1846 – 1854
Studied 1809 – 1812