Vasiliy Bykov was born on June 19, 1924 in Bychki, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for
Alpiyskaya ballada (1966),
Alpiyskaya ballada and
Tretya raketa (1963). He was married to Irina Suvorov and Nadia. He died on June 23, 2003 in Minsk, Belarus.