Penza
Penza is a city in western Russia. Its central Fountain Square has a musical fountain, a mosaic and a stage. Belinsky Park offers a ropes course and a range of children's rides. Penza Zoo is home to bears, lions, birds and primates. Nearby, the Penza Folk Museum explores folklore and contemporary folk art, including wood carvings and ceramics. The Museum of One Painting displays one famous Russian artwork at a time.
People born in Penza (First 49 people) - Page 1
Sasha Project Musician
Musician
Sergey Penkin
Singer
Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts
Psychologist
Vasili Pervukhin
Russian former ice hockey player
Yelena Dembo
Chess master
Alexander Melentyev
Olympic athlete
Yevgeni Popov
Cyclist
Ruslan Ternovoj
Evgeny Matveev
Rugby union player
Nina Krasheninnikova
Russian-Soviet author
Fyodor Kulakov
Russian-Soviet statesman
Vladislav Bulin
Russian ice hockey player
Olga Frolkina
Russian basketball player
Aleksey Voyevodin
Olympic athlete
Yuri Dobryshkin
Russian ice hockey player
Aleksandr Samokutyaev
Member of the State Duma
Konstantin Myakinkov
Dancer
Anna Andreyeva
Denis Airapetian
Igor Lukashin
Olympic athlete
Grigoriy A. Zakharyin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Russian-Soviet film director
Sergei Andronov
Russian ice hockey player
V. G. Fedotova
Author
Viktor Burayev
Roman Lyuduchin
Ice hockey forward
Alexander Golikov
Russian former ice hockey player
Vladimir Golikov
Russian ice hockey player
Dmitry Bulankin
Sergey Yanyushkin
Russian rugby union player
Paulina Michaels
Actress
Natalia Afremova
Russian cyclist
Tatiana Kukanova
Jose Eduardo dos Santos' ex-wife
Alexander Gerasimov
Soviet ice hockey player
Yevgeny Kadyaykin
Alexei Medvedev
Russian ice hockey player
Dmitry Kokarev
Russian chess grandmaster
Anzhelika Volochkova
Actress
G. Mazurin
Illustrator
Maria Lvova-Belova
Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation
Sergey Kolbin
Senator of the Russian Federation
Yevgeniya Bochkaryova
Russian gymnast
Oleg Melnichenko
Governor of Penza Oblast
Yefim Kamenetsky
Actor
Ivan Leontiev
General
Alexey Sokolsky
Chess player
Alexander Polezhayev
Russian poet
