Kuznetsova Maria Vladimirovna (born January 5, 1977) is a deputy of the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma of the seventh convocation, representing single-member electoral district No. 6, which covers part of [1][2]Avtozavodsky District. She is a member of the United Russia party faction and of two standing Duma commissions — on municipal services and on transport and road infrastructure [1][3]. Her primary place of employment is project manager of the corporate policy and communications directorate at LLC Management Company "GAZ Group" [1].

Biography and Education

Born January 5, 1977 [1].

Graduated from Lobachevsky University [1].

Work at the Gorky Automobile Plant

She holds the position of project manager of the corporate policy and communications directorate at LLC Management Company "GAZ Group" [1]. Residents' appeals from the district are addressed in part through the enterprise's social projects [4][5].

In the autumn and winter of 2020, she took part in the plant's activities related to the coronavirus epidemic: she helped the GAZ medical center deliver medicines to those who had fallen ill, participated in the handover ceremony of GAZ ambulances to the Nizhny Novgorod Region Ministry of Health, and in the transfer to City Hospital No. 23 of an ambulance based on the GAZelle NEXT and 500 protective suits for medical personnel; anti-viral equipment was transferred to Lyceum No. 165 [4].

"Novy Sotsialny Vektor" (New Social Vector) is a social program run by Gorky Automobile Plant. Under it, by September 1, 2025, School No. 111 in Avtozavodsky District had its entrance group and facade renovated, new asphalt surfacing laid, and window units replaced; on September 3, 2025, Kuznetsova, together with deputy Valery Skakodub, participated in the planting of fourteen spruce trees in the school's courtyard [6].

Deputy work

The City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod of the seventh convocation has been in session since September 2020 — the deputy's first report covers the period from September to December 2020 [4]. Kuznetsova was elected from single-member constituency No. 6 and has, since the start of the convocation, been a member of two standing committees: on municipal services and on transport and roads [1][4][5]. She is a member of the United Russia party's deputy group, the largest in the Duma [3].

The territory of constituency No. 6 is Avtozavodsky District: Ilyicha, Kirova, and Oktyabrya avenues; the streets of Geroya Poyushcheva, Komsomolskaya, Loskutova, Plotnikova, Politboitsov, Rayevskogo, Sovetskoy Armii, Strokina, Chelyuskintsev, and Shkolnaya; Motorny Lane; and the "Chayka" horticultural association [2].

Issues examined in committees

In the municipal services committee, the deputy participated in discussions on transferring ownerless engineering networks to the care of specialized organizations, converting hot water supply systems in apartment buildings from open to closed circuits, demolishing vacated dilapidated buildings, developing stormwater drainage networks, protecting the Volga-Oka slopes from erosion, reconstructing the Nizhny Novgorod Aeration Station and the Malinovaya Gryada waterworks station, preparing municipal services for the autumn-winter period, and converting the municipal enterprise "Nizhegorodskiye Bani" into a joint-stock company [5]. The construction and reconstruction of heat pump stations in Avtozavodsky District in connection with hot water supply quality was examined separately [5].

In the transport and road infrastructure committee — the progress of the national project "Safe Quality Roads," the construction of new metro stations, the design and construction of a parallel road to Gagarin Avenue, a concession agreement on the modernization of surface electric transport, the results of the high-speed vessel navigation season, and the organization of suburban passenger transport in the Nizhny Novgorod Agglomeration [5]. During the first months of the convocation, the committee examined the transfer of municipal transport enterprises into the ownership of Nizhny Novgorod Region, the acceptance into municipal ownership of forty trolleybuses from Moscow, and amendments to the rules governing paid parking operations [4].

Citizen Reception and Appeals

Personal reception takes place every fourth Friday of the month at the deputies' center on Oktyabrya Avenue, 23 [4][5].

Number of receptions and appeals by year [4][7][8][9][5]:

  • September – December 2020: 9 official appeals;
  • 2021: 19 receptions, 45 appeals;
  • 2022: 15 receptions, 30 appeals;
  • 2023: 15 receptions, 62 appeals;
  • 2024: 18 receptions, 49 appeals.

Budget Funds and Work in the Constituency

At the deputy's initiative, funds were allocated from the city budget to institutions in the district: in 2022 — 1 million rubles for fourteen schools, kindergartens, and supplementary education institutions; in 2023 and 2024 — 2 million rubles each year [8][9][5]. In 2024, thirteen institutions of Avtozavodsky District received funding, among them schools no. 6, 43, 124, and 133, kindergartens, and the district's centralized library system; the funds went toward replacing window units, repairing roofs, and renovating evacuation areas [5].

In the summer of 2025, together with the head of the Avtozavodsky District administration Aleksandr Nagin and local residents, she inspected the progress of repairs to courtyard driveways on Sovetskoy Armii Street and Geroya Poyushcheva Street: over seventy courtyard areas with a total area of more than 50,000 square meters were planned for repair in the district that year [10]. In September 2025, she took part in an inspection of the dismantling of one hundred decommissioned, ownerless outdoor lighting poles on Orekhova Street, Rayevskogo Street, Loskutova Street, Tolbukhina Street, Afanasyeva Street, and Strokina Street; Motorny Lane was also included in the address list [11].

Regarding the city's urban improvement programs, Kuznetsova said they "are based, first and foremost, on requests from residents" [10].

Sources

  1. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Kuznetsova Maria Vladimirovna. Electoral District No. 6 (archive)
  2. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Electoral District No. 6 (archive)
  3. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Deputy Associations in the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod (archive)
  4. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report on the Work of Deputy Maria Kuznetsova in 2020 (archive)
  5. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report on the Work of Deputy Maria Kuznetsova in 2024 (archive)
  6. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Under the "New Social Vector" Program and with the Support of City Duma Deputies Maria Kuznetsova and Valery Skakodub, School No. 111 Has Been Renovated (3… (archive)
  7. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report on the Work of Deputy Maria Kuznetsova in 2021 (archive)
  8. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report on the Work of Deputy Maria Kuznetsova in 2022 (archive)
  9. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report on the Work of Deputy Maria Kuznetsova in 2023 (archive)
  10. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Maria Kuznetsova Inspected the Progress of Courtyard Improvement Works in Avtozavodsky District (30 July 2025) (archive)
  11. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Maria Kuznetsova Participates in Inspection of Dismantling Works on Ownerless Lighting Poles (9 September 2025) (archive)
  12. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — List of Deputies of the City Duma, 7th Convocation (archive)