Yaroslavl - Notable People

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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