Nicolas Nabokov (ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²; 17 April [O.S. 4 April] 1903 β 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Nicolas Nabokov, a first cousin of Vladimir Nabokov, and of the baron Eduard von Falz-Fein, was born to a family of landed Russian gentry in the town of Lubcza near Minsk, and was educated by private tutors. In 1918, after his family fled the Bolshevik Revolution to the Crimea, he began his musicβ¦
