List of Famous people born in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Alexander Nevsky

First Name Alexander
Last Name Nevsky
Born on May 13, 1220
Died on November 14, 1263 (aged 43)

Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky, or Alexander Nevskii, served as Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–63) during some of the most difficult times in Kievan Rus' history.

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Alexander Petrov

Александр Андреевич Петров
First Name Alexander
Last Name Petrov
Born on January 25, 1989 (age 35)

Alexander Andreevich Petrov is a Russian actor, known for his roles in Attraction (2017) and Gogol. The Beginning (2017).

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Nina Shatskaya

First Name Nina
Last Name Shatskaya
Born on April 22, 1966 (age 57)

Nina Arkadyevna Shatskaya is a Russian singer and actress, best known for her jazzy take on the Russian romance heritage. Staying out of the spotlight, Shatskaya is held in high regard by critics and colleagues. According to composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, "Next to our pop 'legends' she is a true queen: lonely and untouchable." Shatskaya released seven well-received albums and was designated a Meritorious Artist of Russia in 2004.

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Fyodor Ushakov

First Name Fyodor
Died on October 2, 1817

Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov was the most illustrious Russian naval commander and admiral of the 18th century. He is notable for winning every engagement he participated in as the Admiral of the Russian fleet.

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Elena Letuchaya

First Name Elena
Last Name Letuchaya
Born on December 5, 1978 (age 45)

Elena Alexandrovna Letuchaya is a Russian journalist, television presenter, producer and director. Host of Revizorro on the channel Friday!. She is the author of documentaries for TV channels TV3, STS and Friday!. She is the author and presenter of ART Life and Territory of men on the channel, Global Star TV. She graduated from School of broadcasting "MITRO", where she currently heads the "Workshop of Elena Letuchaya".

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Genrikh Yagoda

First Name Genrikh
Born on November 7, 1891
Died on March 15, 1938 (aged 46)

Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda, was a Soviet secret police official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's security and intelligence agency, from 1934 to 1936. Appointed by Joseph Stalin, Yagoda supervised the arrest, show trials, and executions of the Old Bolsheviks Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, climactic events of the Great Purge. Yagoda also supervised the construction of the White Sea–Baltic Canal with Naftaly Frenkel, using penal labor from the GULAG system, during which 12,000–25,000 laborers died.

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Sergei Mozyakin

First Name Sergei
Last Name Mozyakin
Born on March 30, 1981 (age 42)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Sergei Valeryevich Mozyakin is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). With over 735 points and 162 playoff points in his KHL career, he is both the six-time points leader, and the all-time highest scorer in both the regular season and the playoffs in the KHL.

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Alexander Galimov

Aleksandr Saidgereyevich Galimov
First Name Alexander
Last Name Galimov
Born on May 2, 1985
Died on September 12, 2011 (aged 26)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Alexander Saidgereyevich Galimov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. At the time of his death, he was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) whose team plane crashed on 7 September 2011 killing all but one of the 45 crew and passengers on board.

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Vladimir Tarasenko

First Name Vladimir
Last Name Tarasenko
Born on December 13, 1991 (age 32)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to playing in the NHL, he played in the system of Sibir Novosibirsk organization, first playing for the senior team in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in 2008–09. He spent a total of three seasons with Novosibirsk before being traded to SKA Saint Petersburg in 2012. Tarasenko was selected in the first round, 16th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Blues, joining the team for the 2012–13 season. Since then, he has been one of St. Louis' leading scorers and has played in three NHL All-Star Games. Tarasenko won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Blues in 2019.

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Yaroslav II of Vladimir

First Name Yaroslav
Born on February 8, 1191
Died on September 30, 1246 (aged 55)

Yaroslav II, Christian name Theodor (Феодо́р) was the Grand Prince of Vladimir (1238–1246) who helped to restore his country and capital after the Mongol invasion of Russia.

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