Galina Igorevna Shirshina (Russian: Галина Игоревна Ширшина) was the mayor of Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

She was later supported by the opposition party Yabloko after the registration of their own candidate Emilia Slabunova was cancelled.

[5] In January 2016 the news told that Shirshina is going to sue Petrozavodsk's legislature for dismissal.

[6] Shirshina has been working at the student organization of University as well as on the Inter-Faculty Department of Psychology.

Before the Petrozavodsk mayoral election in 2013 Shirshina worked as a director of the local publishing house.