Editing Smolensk (section)

== Notable people ==
* Ivan Ivanovich Baryatinsky (1772–1825), Russian Rurikid Prince; father of Prince [[Aleksandr Baryatinsky]].<ref>[https://www.myheritage.com/names/leonilla_baryatinskaya Leonilla Baryatinskaya] My Heritage</ref>
* [[Yuri Gagarin]] (1934–1968), cosmonaut
* [[Timofey Mikhaylov]] (1859–1881), revolutionary, one of the assassins of [[Tsar Alexander II]]
* [[Grigorii Maksimov]] (1893–1950), politician
* [[Fyodor Glinka]] (1786–1880) a Russian poet and author.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Glinka, Fedor Nikolaevich |volume= 12 | page = 122 |short= 1 }}</ref>
* [[Mikhail Glinka]] (1804 in Novospasskoye – 1857), composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Glinka, Michael Ivanovich |volume= 12 | page = 122 |short= 1 }}</ref>
* [[Sergey Glinka]] (1774–1847) a minor Russian author of the Romantic period.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Glinka, Sergy Nikolaevich |volume= 12 | page = 123 |short= 1 }}</ref>
* [[Anatoly Kharlampiyev]] (1906–1979), founder of [[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo]]
* [[Eduard Khil]] (1934–2012), singer
* [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]] (born 1946), religious leader
* [[Sergey Konenkov]] (1874–1971), sculptor
* [[Semyon Lavochkin]] (1900–1960), aircraft designer
* [[Morris Markin]] (1893–1970), businessman and founder of [[Checker Motors Corporation]]
* [[Viktor Vladimirovich Nemytskii|Viktor Nemytskii]] (1900–1967), mathematician
* [[Grigory Potyomkin]] (1739 at Chizheva – 1791), statesman.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Potemkin, Grigory Aleksandrovich, Prince | volume= 22 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| page = 22 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Andrey Starovoytov]], (1915–1997), IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
* [[Aleksandr Tvardovsky]] (1910–1971), writer