Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov
Vladimir Petrov | |
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Petrov in the early 1950s | |
| Native name | Владимир Николаевич Петров |
| Born | Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov 1915 Ekaterinodar oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 17, 1999 (aged 83–84) |
| Occupation | Writer, political dissident, factory worker, academic |
| Language | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire Soviet Union United States |
| Subject | Politics |
| Notable works | Escape from the Future |
Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov (1915 in Ekaterinodar oblast, Russian Empire – March 17, 1999, in Kensington, Maryland) was at various times an academic, philatelist, prisoner, forced laborer, political prisoner, adventurer, factory worker, chess player and writer of short stories and autobiographies. He was at various times a Russian, American, and man of no country, though he was brought up in the USSR and died in the United States. Most of the information concerning his life originates from his personal memoirs, entitled Soviet Gold and My Retreat from Russia abridged in the published work Escape from the Future.