People from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

8th Patriarch of Moscow (1652–1666)

Avvakum Petrov (; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. His autobiography and letters to the tsar and other Old Believers such as Feodosia Morozova are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.

vice president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991

Russian politician (1930–2023)

Russian philosopher (1856-1919)

Russian noble (1866-1918)

Russian military rebel

Russian geologist (1893–1985)

Soviet politician (1908-1989)

Russian general (1880-1918)

Soviet actress

Russian serial killer

Soviet architect (1896–1964)

Russian politician (1927-2010)

Russian botanist (1872-1932)

Soviet general

Russian chess player

Russian politician

Russian politician

Turkmenistani politician