Yuri Andropov
His earliest documented name was Grigory Vladimirovich Andropov-Fyodorov; he changed it to Yuri Andropov only several years later. While his original birth certificate disappeared, it was established that Andropov was in fact born in Moscow where his mother had been working in a women's gymnasium since 1913 throughout 1914 and until 1917.
Vladimir Kostrov
Born Vladimir Kostrov in the Kostroma region of Central Russia, 400 km near Moscow in a small village called Vlasikha. His father, Andrey Kostrov, was a Red Army officer during the Second World War.
After completing Secondary School, Kostrov moved to Moscow. From 1953-1957 he studied at the Moscow State University. He published his first poem in 1957 in Youth Magazine (Юность) and his first book four years later. In 1961 he joined the Union of Soviet Writers.