Nikolai Amosov was born on November 23, 1913 in Olkhovo, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vologda Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Stepen riska (1969). He was married to Lydia Vasilyevna Denisenko and Galya Soboleva. He died on December 13, 2002 in Kyiv, Ukraine.