Yuriy Anatolevich Yerofeyev (born May 19, 1966) is a deputy of the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma from single-member electoral district No. 19 and a member of the United Russia party faction. He serves as director of the municipal sports school "Sormovo" named after Yu. P. Kruglov and of the autonomous non-profit organization "Hockey Club 'Start'". He has served in the City Duma since 2015 and has been elected to it three times — in 2015, 2020, and 2025 — each time from district No. 19 [1][2][3].

Biography and Sport

Born on May 19, 1966, in Gorky. A product of Nizhny Novgorod bandy, he played as a goalkeeper; his first coach was A. P. Nikishin. He played for Start during the 1987/88–1989/90 seasons and appeared in 28 top-division matches for the club. He also played for "Oka" (Navashino) and for the Nizhny Novgorod floorball teams Raduga and Nizhegorodets [4].

A Master of Sport in floorball, he is a multiple champion and medal winner at Russian championships in the discipline. He coached the Nizhegorodets team and the Russian national floorball team; in October 2013, Nizhegorodets under his leadership won the Nizhny Novgorod Region Cup among men's teams [4].

He graduated from the Saint Petersburg National State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Health named after P. F. Lesgaft [1].

Work in Sports Organizations

He heads the Municipal Autonomous Educational Institution of Supplementary Education "Sormovo Sports School named after Y. P. Kruglov." The institution operates at 30 Yubileyny Boulevard, on the grounds of Trud Stadium in the Sormovo District, and was established in 2004 through the transformation of the municipal enterprise "Sormovo Sports and Cultural Center" [5]. The sporting history of the site begins with the Sormovo sports club, which united Sormovo's sections in 1923, and with the stadium opened in 1924; the present-day arena on the peninsula of Parkovoye Lake was built in 1964, and in 1998 the stadium passed into municipal ownership [6].

Since 2014 he has headed the hockey club Start: first a non-profit partnership, and, after the change of its legal form in 2017, the autonomous non-profit organization "Hockey Club Start" [4].

On March 7, 2026, Dmitry Kabaylo, Minister of Sport of Nizhny Novgorod Region, announced organizational decisions following an internal review conducted by the ministry together with the city Department of Physical Culture and Sport, the Sports Management and Development Center, and the club's leadership. The reason was a disrupted quarterfinal match of the Russian bandy championship between Start and Kuzbass: at Trud Stadium, the field pipelines lost pressure and coolant leaked, and the Nizhny Novgorod team was awarded a technical defeat. Yury Yerofeyev, director of the club and the stadium, received a disciplinary reprimand, and the employment of the team's executive director, Alexander Lyutov, was terminated [7].

Election to the City Duma

He first ran for the City Duma in 2015. In the elections to the 6th-convocation Duma he ran for United Russia in District No. 19 as director of the Sormovo children's and youth center, and was not a deputy of the previous convocation [3]. In 2020 he was elected to the 7th-convocation Duma, where he represented the same district [2].

The elections of September 12–14, 2025 were held under a new scheme: after Nizhny Novgorod was merged with Kstovo Municipal Okrug, the number of districts and seats grew from 35 to 39, and the convocation was numbered the first. The Nizhny Novgorod Region Election Commission declared the elections valid in all 39 single-member districts; Yerofeyev was among the 25 deputies of the previous convocation who retained their seats [8]. In District No. 19 he received 67.21% of the vote [9]. The first session of the 1st-convocation Duma was scheduled for September 29, 2025 [8].

District No. 19

The district combines neighborhoods of Sormovsky District and Moskovsky District. Its boundaries include Heroes Avenue, sections of Moskovskoye and Sormovskoye Highway, and the streets Berezovskaya, Belozerskaya, Bezrukova, Biyskaya, Bolshevistskaya, Burevestnika, Vasenko, Generala Klyueva, Geroya Kosheleva, Dezhnyova, Dmitriya Pavlova, Evgeniya Nikonova, Zavodskoy Park, Ivanovka, Kalashnikova, Komintern, Karpinskogo, Marksistskaya, Menzhinskogo, Moskvina, Gastello, Prosveshchenskaya, Strazh Revolyutsii, Truda, Shcherbakova, Engelsa, and 50-letiya Pobedy [10].

The deputy holds citizen appointments at 30 Yubileyny Boulevard — the address of the sports school that he heads — on the third Wednesday of each month from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., by prior appointment [1].

Deputy work

In the 1st convocation of the Duma, he serves on the standing committees on road infrastructure and transport development and on patriotic education, youth policy, physical culture, and sports, and is a member of the United Russia faction [1][11].

The report for October–December 2025 records participation in four meetings of the City Duma and three meetings of the relevant committee. During this period, the office received five appeals from residents of the district and from heads of educational and public organizations; the most frequent topics were housing and utilities, social issues, and financial assistance. On the deputy's initiative, 300,000 rubles were allocated from the city budget: 250,000 to physical culture and sports organizations of the Moskovsky and Sormovsky Districts, and 50,000 for socially significant events in municipal institutions of these districts [11].

In 2024, during the 7th convocation of the Duma, the deputy took part in 12 meetings of the transport and road infrastructure committee, 12 meetings of the social policy committee, and 12 meetings of the Duma, and the office received 39 appeals. On his initiative, 1,999,917 rubles from the city budget were distributed [12].

  • 638,000 rubles — to general education organizations of the Moskovsky and Sormovsky Districts
  • 428,000 rubles — to preschool educational organizations
  • 750,000 rubles — to physical culture and sports organizations
  • 162,917 rubles — for socially significant events in municipal institutions
  • 21,000 rubles — to supplementary education organizations [12]

The district and city projects

District funds went to schools and kindergartens: replacing dilapidated window units and doors at School No. 183 named after R. Alekseev on Engelsa Street, installing a partition at School No. 74 on Berezovskaya Street, repairing the porch of Kindergarten No. 100, and equipment for the Moskovsky District Children's Creativity Center on Kominterna Street. Under the governor's participatory budgeting project "It's Up to You!," a children's playground was built in the district at 104a Berezovskaya Street [12].

The deputy takes part in the projects "Creating a Comfortable Urban Environment," "Safe Roads," and "It's Up to You!," reports on them at meetings with residents, and works in the "It's Up to You!" project workshop at School No. 115 together with the head of Moskovsky District, Vladimir Kropotin, and Deputy Stanislav Prokopovich [11]. Annual reports on the deputy's work have been published on the City Duma's website since 2021 [1].

Sources

  1. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Yerofeyev Yuriy Anatolevich — deputy's page (archive)
  2. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Deputies of the City Duma of the 7th convocation, single-member districts 2020 (archive)
  3. NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" — The composition of the Nizhny Novgorod Duma of the 6th convocation is 47% formed from deputies of the 5th convocation Duma (archive)
  4. Nizhny Seychas — Yerofeyev Yuriy Anatolevich — dossier (archive)
  5. duc-sormovo.ru — Sports School "Sormovo" named after Yu. P. Kruglov — Basic information about the institution (archive)
  6. duc-sormovo.ru — Sports School "Sormovo" named after Yu. P. Kruglov — History of the school and the Trud stadium (archive)
  7. MK — Nizhny Novgorod — MK in Nizhny Novgorod — Director of HC "Start" Yuriy Yerofeyev issued a disciplinary sanction, March 7, 2026 (archive)
  8. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Elections to the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod of the 1st convocation declared valid, September 15, 2025 (archive)
  9. nn.aif.ru — AiF-Nizhny Novgorod — Names of winners in the Nizhny Novgorod elections officially published, September 15, 2025 (archive)
  10. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Electoral district No. 19 (archive)
  11. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report of the deputy for single-member electoral district No. 19, Yerofeyev Yu. A., for October–December 2025 (archive)
  12. gordumannov.ru — City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod — Report of City Duma deputy Yuriy Anatolevich Yerofeyev for 2024 (archive)