Vasiliy Grossman was born on 12 December 1905 in Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Stalingrad (2013), Stepan Kolchugin (1957) and Komissar (1967). He was married to Olga Guber, Ekaterina Zabolotskaya and Galina Matsuk Petrowna. He died on 15 December 1964 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
