Nikolai Virta was born on December 19, 1906 in village Kalikino, Tambov uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tokaryovsky District, Tambov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
The Victors and the Vanquished (1949),
Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950) and
Pobeg iz tyurmy (1978). He died on January 9, 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].