Nikolay Stepanovitsj Vodolazkin

Biography

Nikolay Stepanovitsj Vodolazkin was born in 1921 in Yaroslavl Oblast. He came of age during the Soviet period and lived through the transformative events that shaped his region and nation during the twentieth century.

Vodolazkin's life in Yaroslavl Oblast extended from 1921 until his death in 1981. He was part of a generation that experienced the profound historical changes of the Soviet era.