People in the news

People whom Nizhny Novgorod media wrote about over the past 30 days. We count mentions in publications: the more often a person is named, the higher they stand. The list holds 60 people, 789 mentions in total.

surge — the press is writing about the person at least twice as often as usual right now: the conversation is happening this week, not building up over the month.

The rating shows press attention, not importance: a politician who made the incident report and a local historian profiled in a feature stand here by the same rule — how many times they were written about.

  1. 1 Gleb Nikitin

    Gleb Nikitin

    Gleb Sergeyevich Nikitin (born August 24, 1977, Leningrad) is a Russian statesman and political figure, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region since September 26, 2018 (from September 26, 2017…

    157 mentions this month · 40 this week

  2. 2 Shalabayev Yuri

    Shalabayev Yuri

    Yuri Vladimirovich Shalabayev (Gorky) is the head of the city of Nizhny Novgorod. From May 6, 2020, he served as acting head of the city, and on October 28, 2020, City Duma of head.

    78 mentions this month · 28 this week

  3. 3 Lyulin

    Lyulin

    Lyulin, Evgeny Borisovich (born May 8, 1957, in the urban-type settlement of Yaloksha, Lyskovsky District, Gorky Region) is a Nizhny Novgorod politician and business executive, a member of…

    57 mentions this month · 15 this week

  4. 4 Putin

    Putin

    Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, GDP — National Leader Russia. He currently serves as prime minister Russia.

    53 mentions this month · 11 this week

  5. 5 Sergei Yakovlev

    Sergei Yakovlev

    Yakovlev Sergey Vladimirovich is a Nizhny Novgorod government official who served as Minister of Tourism and Crafts of Nizhny Novgorod Region from April 2022 to October 2026.

    32 mentions this month · 5 this week

  6. 6 Evgeniy Evstigneev

    Evgeniy Evstigneev

    A good article

    19 mentions this month · 3 this week

  7. 7 Kostin Evgeny Nikolaevich

    Kostin Evgeny Nikolaevich

    Kostin Evgeny Nikolayevich (born July 22, 1980) is a Nizhny Novgorod politician, a deputy of the State Duma of the ninth convocation, elected in September 2026 .

    16 mentions this month · 3 this week

  8. 8 Mikhail Puchkov

    Mikhail Puchkov

    Mikhail Yuryevich Puchkov is a Russian government official and the Minister of Education of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

    15 mentions this month · 8 this week surge: 3.8× the usual

  9. 9 Berkovich Oleg

    Berkovich Oleg

    Oleg Alekseevich Berkovich is a Russian government official who held the posts of Minister of Culture and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Nizhny Novgorod Region from at least 2021 to…

    15 mentions this month · 1 this week

  10. 10 Alexander Bastrykin

    Alexander Bastrykin

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Bastrykin is a Russian statesman and the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

    14 mentions this month · 9 this week surge: 5.9× the usual

  11. 11 Oleg Kondrashov

    Oleg Kondrashov

    Oleg Aleksandrovich Kondrashov (born November 23, 1967, in Gorky) is a Nizhny Novgorod businessman and municipal executive, the first head of the administration (City Manager) of Nizhny…

    13 mentions this month · 8 this week surge: 5.3× the usual

  12. 12 Alexey Simonov

    Alexey Simonov

    Aleksey Ivanovich Simonov (born 1987) is a Russian civil servant who has served as Minister of Internal Regional and Municipal Policy of Nizhny Novgorod Region since September 29, 2026.

    13 mentions this month

  13. 13 Nikolai Kukushkin

    Nikolai Kukushkin

    Nikolay Kukushkin is a Nizhny Novgorod hand-to-hand combat coach and defendant in a high-profile criminal case opened following events on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya on May 16, 2021.

    12 mentions this month

  14. 14 Yuri Stankevich

    Yuri Stankevich

    Stankevich Yury Arkadyevich (born July 24, 1976, Saratov) is a Russian state and political figure, a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation since 2021…

    11 mentions this month · 2 this week

  15. 15 Igor Komarov

    Igor Komarov

    Igor Anatolyevich Komarov is a statesman serving as the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District.

    11 mentions this month

  16. 16

    Yuri Bespalov

    Yuri Borisovich Bespalov (c. 1934 — September 27, 2026) was a television director, screenwriter, and Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation who worked for more than half a century in…

    11 mentions this month

  17. 17 Anton Maksimov

    Anton Maksimov

    Anton Leonidovich Maksimov (born May 8, 1961, Gorky) is a Nizhny Novgorod surgeon, a cardiovascular surgeon of the highest category, chief physician of the Academician B. A.

    10 mentions this month · 8 this week surge: 8× the usual

  18. 18 Vovk Andrei

    Vovk Andrei

    Andrey Vovk is a Nizhny Novgorod journalist and political commentator, and the author of the Telegram channel "VOVK".

    10 mentions this month · 5 this week surge: 3.3× the usual

  19. 19 Kavinov Artyom Aleksandrovich

    Kavinov Artyom Aleksandrovich

    Kavinov Artyom Aleksandrovich (born 3 September 1969, Gorky and political figure, deputy of the State Duma of the VII and VIII convocations from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, member of United…

    10 mentions this month · 2 this week

  20. 20 Shchetinina Olga Vladimirovna

    Shchetinina Olga Vladimirovna

    Shchetinina Olga Vladimirovna (born March 30, 1975, in the city of Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod.) is a Russian statesperson who has represented Nizhny Novgorod Region in the Federation…

    10 mentions this month

  21. 21 Chintsov Evgeny Alexandrovich

    Chintsov Evgeny Alexandrovich

    Chintsov Evgeniy Aleksandrovich (born July 26, 1980) is a Nizhny Novgorod municipal politician, career military officer, and colonel.

    9 mentions this month · 3 this week

  22. 22 Andrey Gneyushev

    Andrey Gneyushev

    Andrey Nikolayevich Gneushev (born January 24, 1979, Gorky) is a Nizhny Novgorod government official who since 2020 has held the post of Deputy Governor and later First Deputy Governor of…

    9 mentions this month · 2 this week

  23. 23 Dmitry Arzhanov

    Dmitry Arzhanov

    Dmitry Arzhanov is a Nizhny Novgorod entrepreneur and former co-owner of the TNS Energo power retail holding company.

    9 mentions this month

  24. 24 Dmitry Grachev

    Dmitry Grachev

    Dmitry Grachev (born 1991) is a Russian statesman and combat veteran. From September 2024 he served as Deputy Minister of Internal Regional and Municipal Policy of Nizhny Novgorod Region…

    9 mentions this month

  25. 25 Apoyan Solomon Haykazovich

    Apoyan Solomon Haykazovich

    Solomon Aykazovich Apoyan (born July 7, 1989, Artik, Armenian SSR) is a Nizhny Novgorod physician and politician, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region of the 7th…

    8 mentions this month · 8 this week surge: first time this month

  26. 26 Boris Nemtsov

    Boris Nemtsov

    Boris Nemtsov (Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, Борис Ефимович Немцов; 9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian physicist and politician who served as the first post-Soviet governor of…

    8 mentions this month · 3 this week

  27. 27 Academician Sakharov

    Academician Sakharov

    Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, Academician Sakharov (May 21, 1921 — December 14, 1989) — physicist, public figure, a federally significant Meme.

    8 mentions this month

  28. 28 Denis Chernevsky

    Denis Chernevsky

    Denis Chernevsky was a Nizhny Novgorod geneticist who worked at the Volga Research Medical University (PRMU).

    8 mentions this month

  29. 29 Alexander Shchelokov

    Alexander Shchelokov

    Shchelokov Aleksandr is the Mayor of Arzamas, holding the post since at least the mid-2020s.

    7 mentions this month · 3 this week surge: 2.5× the usual

  30. 30 Boris Vidyaev

    Boris Vidyaev

    Vidyayev Boris Pavlovich (1934–2016) was the director of the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1986 to 1996, one of the key figures in the Soviet and Russian automotive industry during the…

    7 mentions this month · 2 this week

  31. 31 Antonov Alexey Anatolyevich

    Antonov Alexey Anatolyevich

    Alexey Anatolyevich Antonov (born 6 July 1979, Gorky) is a Nizhny Novgorod politician and political consultant, a deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of…

    7 mentions this month · 1 this week

  32. 32 Garevskaya Yulia Anatolyevna

    Garevskaya Yulia Anatolyevna

    Yulia Anatolyevna Garevskaya (born 25 February 1966) is an obstetrician-gynecologist, chief physician of City Clinical Hospital No.

    7 mentions this month

  33. 33

    Margarita Nazarova

    Nazarova Margarita Petrovna (November 26, 1926, selo Detskoye, Leningrad Governorate — October 25, 2005, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Soviet singer, film actress, tiger trainer, and circus…

    7 mentions this month

  34. 34

    Ilya Khalturin

    Ilya Khalturin is a Nizhny Novgorod manager in the housing and utilities sector, former Teploenergo) — Nizhny Novgorod's largest heat-supply company.

    6 mentions this month · 4 this week surge: 4× the usual

  35. 35 Georgy Rabkov

    Georgy Rabkov

    Georgy Vladimirovich Rabkov (1941, Nizhny Novgorod — October 2, 2026, Nizhny Novgorod) — a Nizhny Novgorod journalist and media manager, editor-in-chief of the newspapers Leninskaya Smena…

    6 mentions this month

  36. 36

    Ilyicheva Elena

    6 mentions this month

  37. 37 Khudyakov Oleg

    Khudyakov Oleg

    Khudyakov, Oleg (born 1994) — Russian conductor and pianist, a native of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region.

    6 mentions this month

  38. 38 Nikolai Milovskiy

    Nikolai Milovskiy

    Milovsky Nikolay Dmitriyevich (February 19, 1940 — October 3, 2026) was a Nizhny Novgorod physicist, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department…

    6 mentions this month

  39. 39 Valery Shantsev

    Valery Shantsev

    Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev (born June 29, 1947, in the selo of Susanino, Kostroma Region) is a Russian statesman and administrator who served as Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region from…

    5 mentions this month · 5 this week surge: first time this month

  40. 40 Aleksey Krupko

    Aleksey Krupko

    Aleksey Vladimirovich Krupko is a Nizhny Novgorod orthopedic trauma surgeon, Candidate of Medical Sciences, and specialist in sports medicine and arthroscopic joint surgery.

    5 mentions this month · 2 this week

  41. 41 Igor Leonidovich Gordeyev

    Igor Leonidovich Gordeyev

    Igor Leonidovich Gordeyev (born June 3, 1962, Gorky) is a deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the VII convocation (2021-2026), member of the "United…

    5 mentions this month

  42. 42

    Pavel Marusov

    Pavel Marusov (1983 – September 2026) was a Nizhny Novgorod oncologist and mountaineer who died in September 2026 while climbing Mount Dykhtau in Kabardino-Balkaria. He was 43 years old.

    5 mentions this month

  43. 43 Yelena Yendovitskaya

    Yelena Yendovitskaya

    Yendovitskaya Elena (Elena Valentinovna Yendovitskaya) is a Russian judge who has served since April 2024 as Deputy Chairperson of the Bryansk Regional Court for Administrative Cases.

    5 mentions this month

  44. 44 Zhanna Nemtsova

    Zhanna Nemtsova

    Zhanna Borisovna Nemtsova (born 1984) is a journalist and the daughter of Boris Nemtsov, the first governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

    5 mentions this month

  45. 45 Bakiev Denis Ildusovich

    Bakiev Denis Ildusovich

    Bakiev Denis Ildusovich (born 8 December 1975, Gorky) is a Nizhny Novgorod politician, a deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the VII convocation…

    4 mentions this month · 2 this week

  46. 46 Dmitry Nikolaevich Zamyatnin

    Dmitry Nikolaevich Zamyatnin

    Dmitry Nikolayevich Zamyatnin (31 January 1805, the selo of Pashigorevo, Gorbatov Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate — 31 October 1881, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian jurist and statesman…

    4 mentions this month · 2 this week

  47. 47 Dina Averina

    Dina Averina

    Dina Alekseyevna Averina (born August 13, 1998, Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Region) is a Russian gymnast who competed in rhythmic gymnastics from the mid-2010s until February 2024, when she…

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  48. 48 Kayumov Askhat Abdurakhmanovich

    Kayumov Askhat Abdurakhmanovich

    Askhat Abdurakhmanovich Kayumov (born September 20, 1961, Gorky) is a Soviet and Russian ecologist, public figure, human rights activist, and leader of the Volga Region environmental…

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  49. 49 Kiritsa Oleg Sergeyevich

    Kiritsa Oleg Sergeyevich

    Kiritsa Oleg Sergeyevich (born May 18, 1983, Tbilisi) — Russian politician, deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 7th convocation, representing the CPRF…

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  50. 50 Natalia Vodyanova

    Natalia Vodyanova

    Natalya Vodyanova is a Russian top model.

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  51. 51 Sukhanov Vasily Ivanovich

    Sukhanov Vasily Ivanovich

    Sukhanov Vasily Ivanovich (born October 29, 1966, Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod) — a Nizhny Novgorod politician and administrator, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region…

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  52. 52 Vyacheslav Grulyov

    Vyacheslav Grulyov

    Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Grulyov (born March 23, 1999, Kemerovo) is a Russian football player, a forward, who plays for the Nizhny Novgorod football club "Nizhny Novgorod".

    4 mentions this month · 1 this week

  53. 53 Alexander Vasilyevich Stupin

    Alexander Vasilyevich Stupin

    Alexander Vasilyevich Stupin (13 February 1776, Arzamas — 31 July [12 August] 1861, ibid.) was a Russian painter and educator, founder of the first provincial private art school in the…

    4 mentions this month

  54. 54 Tarasov Andrey Nikolaevich

    Tarasov Andrey Nikolaevich

    Andrey Nikolaevich Tarasov (born 20 August 1960, the settlement of Slavyanka, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai ) is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the…

    4 mentions this month

  55. 55

    Vasily Shuvaev

    Vasily Shuvaev is a hematologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and professor at the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education.

    4 mentions this month

  56. 56 Andrey Vladimirovich Dranishnikov

    Andrey Vladimirovich Dranishnikov

    Higher education in economics, higher education in law.

    3 mentions this month · 1 this week

  57. 57 Grinevich Tatyana Borisovna

    Grinevich Tatyana Borisovna

    Tatyana Borisovna Grinevich (born 22 March 1976, the settlement of Pravdinsk, Gorky Oblast) is a deputy of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the 7th convocation…

    3 mentions this month · 1 this week

  58. 58 Krasnov Dmitry Germanovich

    Krasnov Dmitry Germanovich

    A good article

    3 mentions this month · 1 this week

  59. 59 Makarova Irina Anatolyevna

    Makarova Irina Anatolyevna

    Irina Anatolyevna Makarova (born January 14, 1964) is a deputy of the 7th convocation of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region, elected to parliament on the United Russia party…

    3 mentions this month · 1 this week

  60. 60 Nikolai Denisov

    Nikolai Denisov

    Denisov Nikolay Konstantinovich is a Nizhny Novgorod statesman and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Resources of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

    3 mentions this month · 1 this week

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