Notable People
- Alexander Belyayev, science fiction writer
- Mikhail Glinka, composer
- Natalia Ishchenko, swimmer
- Eduard Khil, singer
- Sergey Konenkov, sculptor
- Semyon Lavochkin, aircraft designer
- Maria Leontyavna Itkina (born 1932), runner
- Anatoly Lukyanov, politician
- Gregori Maximoff, politician
- Grigory Potyomkin, statesman
- Aleksandr Tvardovsky, writer
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