diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Gabriel Reis
 Gene Wood
 George Kussumoto
 Georgy Dyuldin
+Gleb Nikonorov
 Graham Horler
 Greg Price
 Gregory Lee
diff --git a/changelog/6856.feature.rst b/changelog/6856.feature.rst
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