Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Coordinates: 55°41′31″N 37°33′19″E / 55.692028°N 37.555325°E{{#coordinates:55.692028|37.555325|region:RU_type:edu|||||| |primary |name= }} The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (Russian: Российский государственный университет нефти и газа имени И. М. Губкина) is a university in Moscow. The university was founded on 17 April 1930 and is named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin. The university is affectionally known as Kerosinka (Russian: Керосинка), meaning "kerosene stove". The university had been known in 1960-1980s (when many Soviet universities had unofficial restrictions on the number of Jewish students) for its lax attitude toward accepting student of Jewish origin.
Notable alumni
- Teki Biçoku, Albanian - geologist
- Vasiliy Podshibyakin - discoverer of Urengoy gas field
- Leonid Nevzlin - former executive at Yukos, also owns 20% of Haaretz
See also
External links
- Official Homepage
- Unofficial student server
- Alumni community on Live Journalde:Gubkin-Universität für Erdöl und Gas
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