Vasili Belov was born on October 23, 1932 in Timonikha, Northern Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Vologda Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Tseluyutsya zori (1978),
Po 206-y (1990) and
Budni proraba Zorina (1983). He died on December 4, 2012 in Vologda province, Russia.