Literature
Name | Relationship to the university | Notability | Reference |
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of Polotsk, SymeonSymeon of Polotsk | student of KMA | Belarusian-Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener who laid the groundwork for the development of modern Russian literature. | |
Rajić, JovanJovan Rajić | student of KMA | Serbian writer, historian and pedagogue. | |
Mateevici, AlexeiAlexei Mateevici | student of KTA | Moldavian poet. | |
Sokolyan, MarynaMaryna Sokolyan | student of NaUKMA | Contemporary Ukrainian writer. |
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