Notable People
Natives of Penza include Vsevolod Meyerhold, Andreï Makine, Nikolai Ishutin, Aristarkh Lentulov, Ivan Mozzhukhin, and Lavrenty Zagoskin. The poet Mikhail Lermontov grew up near Penza in the manor of Tarkhany, which belonged to his grandmother. Other notable people include former Soviet national team hockey players Aleksandr Golikov, Vladimir Golikov, Yuri Moiseev, Vasily Pervukhin, Sergei Yashin, Aleksandr Kozhevnikov, and Sergei Svetlov, who were born here. Former Russian rhythmic gymnasts, Olympic champion, world champion and European champion Natalia Lavrova of the National Team was born and lived in Penza, she died with her sister in a car accident at the Penza Oblast in April 2010.
Read more about this topic: Penza
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or people:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“... people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.”
—Helen Prejean (b. 1940)