Rasul Gamzatov was born on September 8, 1923 in Tsada, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Dagestan, Russia]. He was a writer and composer, known for
Goryanka (1975),
Skazaniye o khrabrom Khochbare (1988) and
The Americans (2013). He died on November 3, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.