Nikolay Budashkin was born on August 6, 1910 in village Lyubakhovka, Mosalsk uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mosalsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968), Bride with a Dowry (1953) and Kapitany goluboy laguny (1962). He died on January 31, 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].