This category gathers articles about executives, administrators, and managers whose activity is connected with Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: from medieval princes to present-day governors, mayors, factory directors, and university rectors. The region, with its industrial, scientific, and political history, has given the country no small number of notable managerial figures — among them Valery Shantsev, who headed the oblast for many years, Oleg Sorokin, who held the post of mayor of Nizhny Novgorod, and Pugin, who ran the region's largest automotive enterprise. Historical figures are also represented here — in particular, Yuri Vsevolodovich, who founded Nizhny Novgorod.