This category brings together articles about military and government figures holding the rank of general whose biography or service is connected with Nizhny Novgorod and the region. Among them are the physicist and nuclear project participant Negin Yevgeny Arkadyevich), the politician and diplomat Grigory Rapota, and the head of the regional investigative directorate Ayrat Akhmetshine. The biographies of these people reflect different sides of the region's history — from defense science to the law enforcement system.