industry leaders
Among them are individual entrepreneurs, managers, authors, and entire teams. They make a significant contribution to the development of their respective industries, forge new directions and business models at the intersection of sectors, enhancing the region's export potential and competitiveness. The list is compiled by the project's analytical group based on a survey of no fewer than 350 experts from 14 spheres of creative industries.
Katya
Сlapр
Video blogger, author of the eponymous YouTube channel TheKateClapp.
Publishing and new media
Female
Maria
Klyuchevskaya
Designer, founder of the INSHADE brand
Fashion
Female
Andrey
Kobzev
Executive Director of the "M4" bureau
Architecture
Male
Anna
Kovaleva
Co-founder of the podcast studio "Storm".
Publishing and new media
Female
Sasha
Kodjo
Founder of Media.tribe, media artist
Design
Male
Ekaterina
Kozhanova
Director of the Department of Strategic Communications of the Eksmo-AST publishing group.
Publishing and new media
Female
Makar
Kozhukhov
Director of Content Strategy for the Okko online cinema and Rambler Group, film distributor, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Sergey
Kozhukhovsky
Artist, designer, art director.
Visual arts
Male
Maxim
Kozlov
Head of the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory (Sber AR/VR Lab)
Video games and software
Male
Alexey
Kokorin
Director, actor of the "Lenkom" theater
Performing arts
Male
Sergey
Kolbasov
Mosaic artist, founder of the ArtWorker company.
Visual arts
Male
Alexey
Kolgan
Actor of theater and cinema, dubbing master, singer, announcer, and TV presenter, winner of the "TEFI" award
Performing arts
Male
Sergey
Kolesov
Artist, illustrator of computer games Dishonored 2 and Deathloop.
Visual arts
Male
Ekaterina
Kolyada
Director of the "Media Manager of Russia" award, member of the supervisory board of AKMR
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Maria
Komarova
Co-founder of the Vereja brand
Fashion
Female
Ekaterina
Konasova
Blogger, host of the YouTube channel Katya Konasova, specializing in expose and investigations.
Publishing and new media
Female
Dmitry
Konnov
Music content market expert, managing partner of Zvonko Group, former head of Universal Music Russia
Music
Male
Ludmila
Konstantinova
Artist, works in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Saatchi Gallery in London, and private collections.
Visual arts
Female
Irina
Korina
Artist, two-time laureate of the annual Russian professional award in contemporary art "Soratnik", two-time laureate of the State Prize for Contemporary Art "Innovation".
Visual arts
Female
Pavel
Korneychuk
Creator of the innovative real estate analytics agency Mayak
Architecture
Male
Sergey
Kornikhin
Film producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Andrey
Korobeynikov
Installation artist, specializes in creating paintings from natural leather.
Visual arts
Male
Igor
Korobeynikov
Actor, director, producer, acting coach
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Konstantin
Korolev
Art director of the XOVP studio
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexey
Korolkov
Author of the popular blog "E-learning Technologies", ideologist and developer of the information architecture of the HRM.ru portal
Video games and software
Male
Vadik
Korolyov
Musician, poet, singer, leader, vocalist, and songwriter of the OQJAV music collective
Music
Male
Anastasia
Korchagina
General Director of Art Pictures Distribution, distributor of content of the National Media Group
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Alexander
Kosarim
General Director of LLC "Media Telecom", Deputy General Director for Content of LLC "Restrim Media"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Kirill
Kosolapov
Director, screenwriter, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexander
Kostyuchenko
Organizer of the children's international film festival "We Shoot Movies Ourselves", chairman of the board of the association of cinema and media educators "Institute of Visual Communications"
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Mikhail
Kotomin
Book publisher, editor-in-chief of the "Ad Marginem Press" publishing house.
Publishing and new media
Male
Andrey
Kotyaev
Animalist artist, member of the Eurasian Union of Artists and the International Union of Animalist Artists.
Visual arts
Male
Anton
Kravtsov
CEO of the video game development studio My little studio
Video games and software
Male
Maria
Kravchenko
Actress of theater and cinema, singer, participant of the Comedy Woman project
Performing arts
Female
Mari
Kraimbrery
Pop singer, poetess, composer, music producer, songwriter
Music
Female
Yana
Kraynova
Actress of theater, cinema, and television
Performing arts
Female
Sergey
Krasnenko
CEO of the Phoenix Music label
Music
Male
Leonid
Krasnov
Actor, director, teacher, artistic director of the "Theatrical Mansion" theater
Performing arts
Male
Antonina
Krein
Writer, works in the fantasy genre.
Publishing and new media
Female
Vladislav
Kreynin
Director of Marketing and Communications Department at "Sberbank"
Advertising
Male
Tatyana
Krestyaninova
Head of Business Development at Alfa API, Alfa ID, and Alfa Pay
Video games and software
Female
Evgeniya
Krivitskaya
Organist, educator, music critic, Doctor of Arts, professor at the Moscow Conservatory
Music
Female
Roman
Krikheli
Designer, founder of Superposition company
Design
Male
Olga
Kroytor
Performance artist, laureate of the Kandinsky Prize in the category "Young Artist", recipient of the Joseph Brodsky Foundation scholarship and the grant program of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
Visual arts
Female
Kirill
Krok
Theatrical public figure, director of the State Academic Vakhtangov Theater
Performing arts
Male
Ekaterina
Krongauz
Writer, founder of the "libolibo" podcast studio.
Publishing and new media
Female
Dmitry
Krutov
CEO and co-owner of online university Skillbox
Advertising
Male
Zhora
Kryzhovnikov
Film director, screenwriter, producer, and theater teacher
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Petr
Kudryavtsev
Urbanist, sociologist, partner of the bureau Citymakers
Architecture
Male
Polina
Kudryavtseva
Co-founder and head of the Russian video game development studio Norllina Studio, author of the game Roads of Destiny
Video games and software
Female
Totan
Kuzembaev
Founder of the architectural workshop Totan
Architecture
Male
Alexander
Kuznetsov
Director of "Fora Robotics"
Video games and software
Male
Agniya
Kuznetsova
Actress of theater and cinema
Performing arts
Female
Tina
Kuznetsova
Musician, performer aka Zventa Sventana
Music
Female
Ekaterina
Kuklina
Illustrator artist.
Visual arts
Female
Alena
Kukushkina
Curator of creative projects, director of music, advertising, and fashion videos, marketer
Advertising
Female
Olga
Kulikova
CEO of Articul agency
Advertising
Female
Sergey
Kulinkovich
Art director of "Studio Artemy Lebedev"
Design
Male
Stanislav
Kulish
Head of LLC "LABVA PRO", board member of the Union of Moscow Architects
Architecture
Male
Oleg
Kuluhov
Director of the cabaret theater "Crave"
Performing arts
Male
Mikhail
Kupavtsev
CEO of the DIMITEX printing factory
Fashion
Male
Vitaliy
Kurapov
Director of feature films, producer
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Alexey
Kurkov
Architect, co-founder and partner of the "National Architect" bureau
Architecture
Male
Ravshana
Kurkova
Actress of theater, cinema, and dubbing
Performing arts
Female
Pavel
Kuryanov
CEO and co-founder of the Black Star Inc label
Music
Male
Alexey
Kutyayev
Founder and art director of ART UP studio
Design
Male
Maya
Kucherskaya
Writer, founder of the Creative Writing School Literary Workshop.
Publishing and new media
Female
Semen
Lavdansky
Co-author of the BASMACONCEPT project
Design
Male
Sergey
Lavrinenko
Partner and creative director of ONY agency
Design
Male
Konstantin
Lagutin
Co-founder and head of the Archpole bureau
Architecture
Male
Anton
Ladygin
Co-founder and partner of the "People's Architect" bureau
Architecture
Male
Elena
Lazko
Author of the idea and creator of the "Theater of Labor," producer
Performing arts
Female
Viktor
Lakisov
Director, head of the Asymmetric VFX studio
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Rasida
Lakoba
Designer, creator of the clothing brands Rasario and Rozie Corsets
Fashion
Female
Ksenia
Lamshina
Director of Radio "Culture", host and author of the program "Cultural Occasion", author of the Telegram channel "Cultural People".
Publishing and new media
Female
Daniil
Landar
Founder of the DANIIL LANDAR clothing brand
Fashion
Male
Ksenia
Lanikina
Lighting designer and founder of the "YARKO-YARKO" lighting design studio
Architecture
Female
Anton
Lapenko
Actor of cinema, singer, video blogger
Performing arts
Male
Artem
Lapenkov
Sound producer, founder of the LAAR SOUNDS studio
Music
Male
Elena
Lapina
Executive Director of the Internet Development Institute
Video games and software
Female
Denis
Lapshinov
Co-founder and Executive Creative Director of creative agency Slava
Advertising
Male
Evgeniya
Lassar
Founder of the Sound Up academic music festival
Music
Female
Anton
Lebedev
Artist with architectural background, works in glitch surrealism direction.
Visual arts
Male
Mikhail
Levin
Director of the Moscow School of Modern Art, curator, artist
Performing arts
Male
Boris
Levyant
Architect, head of the ABD Architects bureau
Architecture
Male
Darya
Ledneva
Founder of the "From Grandma" project supporting pensioners
Fashion
Female
Ksenia
Leybovich
Creator of the Murkott eco-clothing brand
Fashion
Female
Dmitry
Lemeshov
Screenwriter
Film and animation/broadcasting
Male
Sergey
Letov
Musician, saxophonist, improviser, founder of the Pentagram music publication, mastering compact discs
Music
Male
Elena
Letuchaya
TV host, host of the "Revizorro" project on the "Friday!" channel and the "Letuchy Otriad" on Channel One
Film and animation/broadcasting
Female
Otta
Li
Composer, arranger, conductor, creator of the OTTA orchestra
Music
Male
Aliya
Livaishina
Author of the podcast channel "Montazhorka".
Publishing and new media
Female
Dmitry
Likin
Head of the architectural bureau WOWHAUS
Architecture
Male
Oleg
Lipovetsky
Artistic director of the Moscow Jewish Theater "Shalom"
Performing arts
Male
Anton
Lisin
Creator of the "ANTON LISIN RUSSIA" brand
Fashion
Male
Darya
Listopad
Architect, co-founder of the bureau "Megabudka"
Architecture
Female
Mark
Litvak
Deputy General Director of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko
Performing arts
Male
Roman
Litvinov
Electronic musician, DJ, producer, and performer
Music
Male
Nadezhda
Likhogryd
Artist, sculptor, works in private collections and museums in Russia and abroad, member of the Union of Artists and the Russian Academy of Arts.
Visual arts
Female
Olga
Lobasyova
Music journalist, artists' PR director, radio host
Music
Female
