Aleksander Burba

Aleksander Adolfovich Burba was a Soviet organizer of industry and education, scholar of chemical and metallurgical technologies, and university professor. He served as the Director of the Mednogorsk Copper-Sulfur Plant (1954–1971) and the first Rector (founder) of the Orenburg Polytechnic Institute. Burba was named an Honorary Citizen of Mednogorsk, Orenburg Oblast, in 1979.