Boris Vasilevitsj Melnikov
1923–1951 (age 28)
Biography
Boris Vasilevitsj Melnikov was born in 1923 in Tomsk, a major cultural and scientific center in Siberia. He came of age during World War II, a formative period that shaped the lives of his generation.
Melnikov's life was cut short when he passed away in 1951 at just 28 years of age. Though his time was brief, his memory is preserved as part of Tomsk's local history during the post-war Soviet era.