Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems.
Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya was a Soviet and Ukrainian-born Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses in the Soviet and Russian film industry. Her career spanned six decades.
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR before Igor Moiseyev and Vladimir Zeldin.
Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Lev Yefimovich Kerbel was a Soviet and Russian sculptor of socialist realist works. Kerbel's creations included statues of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Yuri Gagarin, which were sent by Soviet Government as gifts to socialist and the Third World countries across the world.
Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993.
Andrei Lvovich Abrikosov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1968.
Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz was a Soviet Armenian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and portrait painting.
German Alexeevich Tatarinov – Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape paintings.
Vasily Vasilievich Golubev was a Soviet, Russian painter. He lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, as is regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.
Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachev was a Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape paintings.
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait paintings.
Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky was a Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, born in Ukraine who after World War II lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.
Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his paintings devoted to peoples and nature of Northern Karelia.
Boris Sergeevich Ugarov was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art educator, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Yagutil Israelovich Mishiev was a Soviet-Israeli author of books on the history of Derbent, Dagestan, Russia.
Mikhail Ivanovich Shuydin was a Soviet clown and acrobat-eccentric. People's Artist of the RSFSR. From 1950 he worked in the arena with Yury Nikulin, Member of the Great Patriotic War.
Anatoly Yagudaev was a Soviet /Russian sculptor of Mountain Jewish descent. He held an honorary title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2002.
Boris Mikhailovich Tenin was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
