尼古拉·克留科夫，Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was born on July 8, 1915, in a village in Tver province, USSR. His parents were farmers. Young Kryukov was fond of silent films. In 1930, he decided to become an actor and moved to Leningrad. During the 1930s he was industrial worker at the "Sevkabel" plant in Leningrad.