Aleksandr YAKOVLEV (1923-2005)
one of the main ideologists of «Perestroika»
Aleksei Ivanovich MUSIN-PUSHKIN (1744-1817)
count since 1797, statesman, historian and art colector.
Alexander NEVSKY (1220-1263)
Prince of Novgorod and Kiev and Grand Prince of Vladimir. Born in Pereslavl-Zalessky, in Yaroslavl Region.
Alexander OPEKUSHIN (1838-1923)
the Russian sculptor
Alexandr PETROV (1957)
famous russian cartoonist, 1 Oscar Award & 2 Oscar nominations
Anna Yaroslavna or Anne of Kiev (between 1024 and 1032-1075)
daughter of Yaroslav I the Wise]
Fyodor Fyodorovich USHAKOV (1744–1817)
Russian naval commander and admiral of the 18th century.
Fyodor Ivanovich TOLBUKHIN (1894-1949)
soviet military commander
Ivan PAPANIN (1894 - 1986)
was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded by nine Orders of Lenin.
Joseph M. SCHENCK and Nicholas M. SCHENCK – Hollywood founders.
Mikhail Ilyich KOSHKIN (December 3, 1898 – September 26, 1940)
Soviet tank designer, chief designer of the famous T-34 medium tank.
Nikolay Alexeevich NEKRASOV (1821-1877/78)
great Russian poet, best remembered as the long-standing publisher of Sovremennik (The Contemporary)
Leonid Vitaljevich SOBINOV(1872-1934)
Russian singer (lyric tenor). In 1897-1933 sang in the "Bolshoi Theatre". The prominent figure in the Russian classic vocal school.
Tsarevich Dimitri (1582-1591)
Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya. Tsarevich Dimitri died from a stab wound, under mysterious circumstances in Uglich.
Valentina Vladimirovna TERESHKOVA (born March 6, 1937)
the first woman and first civilian to fly into space in June 16, 1963
Valery Ivanovich TOKAREV (born in1952)
russian cosmonaut
Yaroslav I the WISE (978-1054)
founder of Yaroslavl
Yuri LYUBIMOV (b.1917)
Russian stage actor and director associated with the Taganka
Fyodor Grigorievich VOLKOV (february 20, 1729 - april 15, 1763)
Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater.
Konstantin Dnitriyevich Ushinskiy (1824-1870)
the Russian pedagogue, founder of the Russian pedagogical science, lived and worked in Yaroslavl
Praskovya Zhemchugova (1768-1803)
(1768-1803), the Russian actress, singer (soprano)
Pavel Demidov (Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov, 1738-1821)
the famous Russian manufacturer, scientist in natural science, full state councilor, patron, founder of the Demidov Law Lyceum in Yaroslavl (today – the Yaroslavl State University)
Petr Smirnov (9.01.1831-29.11.1898)
the Russian businessman, founder of the Smirnoff vodka brand
Feodor Solntsev (1801-1892)
a painter, a professor of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, an archeologist and an expert in Russian antiquities, painted more then 7000 water-colour pictures
Boris and Gleb
There are other people known as Saint Roman and Saint David. Boris and Gleb, Christian names Roman and David, were the first Russian saints.
Sergius of Radonezh (Venerable Sergii Radonezhsky, Сергий Раднежский, 1314-1392)
was the greatest spiritual leader and monastic reformer of the medieval Russia. Together with Seraphim Sarovsky, he is the most venerable of the Russian saints