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- Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994)
- Alexander Zaitsev (1935–1971)
- Igor Zaitsev (born 1938)
- Viacheslav Zakhartsov (born 1968)
- Tatiana Zatulovskaya (born 1935)
- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884–1954)
- Nikolai Zubarev (1894–1951)
- Vadim Zvjaginsev (born 1976)
- Kira Zvorykina (born 1919)
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