Vasiliy Grossman was born on December 12, 1905 in Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for
Stalingrad (2013),
Stepan Kolchugin (1957) and
The Commissar (1967). He was married to Olga Guber, Ekaterina Zabolotskaya and Galina Matsuk Petrowna. He died on December 15, 1964 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].