Notable People
- Aleksandr Lyapunov, mathematician and physicist
- Maksim Tarasov, Olympic pole vaulter
- Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space
- Andrei Khomutov, hockey player
- Fyodor Volkov, founder of the first Russian theater
- Nikolay Nekrasov and Mikhail Kuzmin, poets
- Leonid Sobinov, opera singer
- Konstantin Ushinsky, founder of Russian pedagogics
- Elena Grosheva, Olympic gymnast
- Denis Grebeshkov, hockey player
- Lyubov Ivanovskaya, triathlete
- Artemy Troitsky, rock critic
- Alexander Vasyunov, hockey player
- Artem Anisimov, hockey player
- Aleksandr Petrov (animator), Oscar-winning animator
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