two heroes of the soviet union (alexander geraskin and ivan ivaschenko) were born in ust-labinsk, as well as soviet engineer nikolay popov (the chief designer of the t-80 tank), and football player anton vlasov. the 'pioneer hero' abram pinkenson was shot by the nazis in the town in 1942, who stayed there until january/february 1943, the abwehr, until november 1943 and so on. russian billionaire oleg deripaska grew up in the town.