Tatyana Aleksandrovna Druzhinina (born November 21, 1987) is a Nizhny Novgorod politician and public figure, a deputy of the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma for single-member electoral district No. 9 in the Leninsky District. She was elected to the 7th convocation of the City Duma (2020–2025) and retained her seat in the same district in the September 2025 elections, joining the 1st convocation of the Duma. She is deputy chair of the standing committee on local self-government and of the standing committee on patriotic education, youth policy, physical culture, and sports, and a member of the United Russia party. She is general director of the autonomous nonprofit organization (ANO) "Volunteer Center of Nizhny Novgorod Region" and head of the coordination center for supporting servicemen, mobilized personnel, and their families [1][2].

Biography and education

She was born on November 21, 1987. She graduated from Lobachevsky University [1][3].

The first years of her work as a deputy were under the surname Skorobogatova; her reports on her work as a deputy for 2021 and 2022 were published under that name [1][4].

Work outside the City Duma

During her time in the 7th convocation, she served as deputy general director of the ANO "Public Relations Center — Nizhny Novgorod House of National Unity" and as head of the coordination center for supporting servicemen, mobilized personnel, and their families [3]. By the start of the 1st convocation of the Duma, she had become head of the ANO "Volunteer Center of Nizhny Novgorod Region," while retaining leadership of the coordination center [1][2].

She is a member of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare of the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council; in the 2024 report she is listed as the chair of this committee [2][5]. She serves as deputy regional coordinator of the party project "Women's Movement of United Russia" [2][5].

Mentoring is one of the areas associated with this party project: the "My Mentor" track (Моя наставница) and the "My Mentors" (Мои наставники) project were launched in 2023, with Nizhny Novgorod Region serving as the pilot region. By the end of the season, the competition had received more than 600 applications from 24 universities and colleges of the region; 23 participants were selected and 23 "mentor–mentee" pairs were formed, and 13 projects emerged as winners [6][7].

City Duma, 7th Convocation (2020–2025)

She was elected from single-member district No. 9 and belonged to the United Russia parliamentary group. At the start of the convocation she worked on two standing commissions — on social policy and on municipal services and utilities [4]. She later became deputy chair of the standing commission on local self-government, while remaining a member of the commission on social policy [3].

The Commission on Local Self-Government handles the city charter and the Duma's rules of procedure, matters of municipal service and the status of deputies, administrative-territorial organization, territorial public self-government, and the naming of elements of the street and road network. According to the 2024 report, the commission held 16 meetings, considered 119 issues, and adopted 119 decisions, 103 of which were brought before Duma sessions [5].

For 2024, the deputy reported holding 17 receptions for citizens, taking part in more than 200 events, and organizing more than 60 [5].

City Duma, 1st Convocation (since 2025)

Elections to Nizhny Novgorod's representative body were held on the single voting day in September 2025; the results were tallied on September 16. In the Duma, 39 seats were contested, 28 of which went to United Russia candidates [8]. Druzhinina was reelected from district No. 9 [1][9].

In the new term, he holds the positions of deputy chairman of the standing commission on local self-government and deputy chairman of the standing commission on patriotic education, youth policy, physical culture, and sport [1][2]. The second commission is responsible for developing the city's social infrastructure, working with children and youth, volunteering, school and mass sports, and supporting combat veterans and their families [2].

According to the 2025 report, the commission on local self-government held 9 sessions, considered 55 matters, and adopted 55 decisions; the commission on patriotic education, youth policy, physical culture, and sport held 5 sessions, considered 25 matters, and adopted 25 decisions [2].

Constituent appointments are held at Lenin Avenue, 46, on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month [1][2]. In 2025, 4 appointments were held, 23 applications were received, and 20 issues were resolved positively. Among the applications, housing and utilities matters accounted for 26%, social welfare issues for 26%, support for military personnel and their families for approximately 22%, and urban improvements and road repairs for 13% [2].

Electoral District No. 9

The district covers part of Leninsky District: the residential development along Lenin Avenue from buildings No. 44 to No. 93, as well as Admiral Nakhimov Street, Balakirev Street, Geroy Popov Street, Geroy Chugunov Street, Gleb Uspensky Street, Dizelestroitelnaya Street, Karpovskaya Street, Novikov-Priboy Street, Podvodnikov Street, Taganskaya Street, Khersonskaya Street, and a number of others, along with City Hospital No. 33 and the Nizhny Novgorod Prosthetic and Orthopedic Enterprise [10].

In 2024, two public spaces on Kirovskaya Street were improved within the district and the broader area under the Comfortable Urban Environment program; under the participatory budgeting project "You Decide!", repairs were carried out on Geroiskaya Street, on the asphalt surface at Kindergarten No. 159, and in the gymnasium of School No. 160. Territorial development funds were directed toward new playground equipment at Lenin Avenue, 79; Popov Street, 39, building 1; Khersonskaya Street, 14; and Gleb Uspensky Street, 4, building 4 [5].

In 2025, under the "You Decide!" project, the grounds of School No. 60 were renovated; roads were repaired at buildings 68 and 68a on Lenin Avenue, at Admiral Nakhimov Street, 4, and at Khersonskaya Street, 14/2 and 16/2; a major overhaul of the overpass near Myzinskiy Bridge was completed; and, following residents' requests, a pedestrian zone was created at buildings 65 and 65, building 1, on Lenin Avenue [2].

A separate area of focus is targeted support for educational institutions: in 2025, kindergarten No. 103 received new plastic windows, kindergartens No. 155 and No. 154 received kitchen equipment, and children's arts school No. 14 received a drum kit [2].

Support for servicemembers and their families

The coordination center for supporting servicemembers, mobilized personnel, and their families has been operating since 2022, handling the collection and delivery of goods based on unit requests, as well as inquiries from families [6]. According to the 2024 report, the deputy made 11 trips to the combat zone, more than 360 tonnes of humanitarian cargo were dispatched, and more than 100 family inquiries were processed; according to the 2025 report — one trip, more than 200 tonnes of cargo, and more than 25 inquiries [2][5].

Humanitarian convoys were organized jointly with the regional government and the House of National Unity [2][11]. As part of the "Heart with Our Own" project, concerts were held for servicemembers' families in Nizhny Novgorod, Dzerzhinsk, and Arzamas, along with free legal consultations involving the Nizhny Novgorod Region State Legal Bureau [2][5].

The deputy participated in promoting the "SVO Business" educational program, under which an intensive course for combat veterans and their family members was held in Nizhny Novgorod in July 2025; Nizhny Novgorod Region became the tenth region to join the program [12]. At the United Russia district forum in March 2026, Druzhinina presented the region's experience in involving combat veterans in mentorship and proposed including in the party's people's program the holding of school events built around the experiences of heroes past and present [6].

Sources

  1. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Druzhinina Tatyana Aleksandrovna. Deputies of the City Duma, 1st Convocation (archive)
  2. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Report on the Work of Deputy Tatyana Druzhinina in 2025 (archive)
  3. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Druzhinina Tatyana Aleksandrovna. Deputies of the City Duma, 7th Convocation (archive)
  4. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Report on the Work of Deputy Tatyana Skorobogatova in 2021 (archive)
  5. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Report on the Work of Deputy Tatyana Druzhinina in 2024 (archive)
  6. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Tatyana Druzhinina Presented Nizhny Novgorod Region's Experience in Developing the Institution of Mentoring (archive)
  7. Nizhegorodskaya Pravda — Results of the "My Mentors" Project Summed Up in Nizhny Novgorod Region (archive)
  8. Nizhegorodskaya Pravda — United Russia Wins 28 Seats in the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma (archive)
  9. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Deputies of the City Duma, 1st Convocation (archive)
  10. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Electoral District No. 9 (archive)
  11. NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" — Another Humanitarian Convoy Delivered from Nizhny Novgorod Region to the Special Military Operation Zone at Servicemen's Requests (archive)
  12. gordumannov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod City Duma — Tatyana Druzhinina Assessed the First Results of the "SVOy Biznes" Program (archive)