Saransk, Mordoviya Republic
1. Oksana Grigorieva (1970)
Pop Singer
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2. Igor Yerokhin (1985)
Russian Racewalker
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3. Sergey Volkov (chess player) (1974)
Russian Chess Player
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4. Stanislav Emelyanov (1990)
Race Walker
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5. Tatyana Shemyakina (1987)
Russian Racewalker
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6. Kirill Kurochkin (1988)
Russian Footballer
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7. Dmitri Sysuyev (1988)
Russian Footballer
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8. Sergei Savochkin (1976)
Russian Footballer
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9. Maksim Terentyev (1992)
Footballer
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10. Elena Lashmanova (1992)
Russian Racewalker
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11. Aleksei Artyomov (1983)
Russian Footballer
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12. Dmitri Samarkin (1980)
Russian Footballer
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13. Irina Stankina (1977)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
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14. Denis Shebanov (1989)
Russian Footballer
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15. Anisya Kirdyapkina (1989)
Russian Racewalker
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16. Larisa Ramazanova (1971)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
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17. Valentina Polkhanova (1971)
Russian Racing Cyclist
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18. Vitali Nikulkin (1971)
Russian Footballer
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19. Vyacheslav Verushkin (1989)
Russian Footballer
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20. Guzel Manyurova (1978)
Olympic Wrestler
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21. Vladislav Sysuyev (1989)
Football Player
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22. Denis Sobolev (1993)
Russian Footballer
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23. Maksim Zhestkov (1993)
Russian Footballer
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24. Aleksey Yufkin (1986)
Russian Weightlifter
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25. Stanislav Duzhnikov (1973)
Actor
26. Mikhail Vdovin (1967)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
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27. Victor Safonkin (1967)
Russian Artist
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