The Moscow Aviation Institute said that the former rector died in an accident.
According to local media, Anatoly Gerashchenko fell down several flights of stairs.
There have been a lot of deaths of Russian figures.
The former head of a Russian aviation research institute fell down the stairs and died on Wednesday.
The Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) university said that the man died as a result of an accident.
A source told Izvestia that he died when he fell down several flights of stairs.
RIA Novosti reports that at the time of his death, Gerashchenko was working as an adviser to the current rector.
He received a first-class Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Representatives from MAI, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, and the State Labor Inspectorate will be involved in the investigation.
The university has a relationship with Russia's Ministry of Defense and develops technologies with military applications.
A string of deaths of Russian figures connected to the technology and energy sectors has taken place in the last year.
The body of Ivan Pechorin was washed up more than 100 miles away from where he fell off the boat. Pechorin spoke at a conference where Putin gave the keynote address.
The CEO of the corporation died of a stroke.
According to a source cited by Interfax, Maganov died after falling out of the window of the hospital.
Maganov's company, which is one of Russia's major energy providers, criticized the war in Ukraine six months ago.
State media said that Alexander Subbotin died of a heart attack in Moscow in May.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least five executives or bosses who died in suspicious circumstances.
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