Nikolay Blagodatov

Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.^[2] In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970–1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.^[3] From 1979, he wrote articles about art (more than 250 articles).^[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including eight personal collections.^[5] He was a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He personally met with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.^[6][7] Blagodatov died on 23 February 2026, at the age of 88.^[8]

• Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. (RUS) ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4
• Blagodatov N. City: Subjective Improvisations / City as an Artist's Subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5. ISBN 978-5-906281-32-6
• Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (Rus & En). — Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p.
• Walking with memories // THE! — 2004. — No. 4.
• Art is a search, search is an art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. — P. 253—255. (RUS).