Nikolai Blinov loved the sea infinitely. This resident of Smolensk lived in Murmansk for a long time, was a writer and a sailor.
Biography
Blinov Nikolai Nikolaevich was born in February 1908, the city of Smolensk became his homeland.
This period was not easy for the country, as well as for its citizens. The growing up of a child fell on a time of difficult and troubled times. Nikolai Nikolaevich's father was a Bolshevik. Nikolai Demyanovich joined this party at the beginning of the 20th century. He worked in a printing house, corrected texts and typed them. The mother of the future writer worked for the countess. At the beginning of the First World War, Father Nikolai Nikolaevich was called to the front. And when the October Revolution began, Nikolai Demyanovich began to fight on the side of the Bolsheviks in order to build a "bright future."
But this fact became a turning point in the Blinov family. Nikolai's mother, Nadezhda Fedorovna, adhered to different views than her husband. While her husband was on the military fronts, she met another man, married him. In 1920, Nadezhda Fyodorovna, together with her new chosen one, with two little brothers of the future writer, moved to Estonia. This new family then emigrated to Australia. Nikolai stayed in Smolensk with his grandmother.
Such a turn of fate in the life of the future writer left a mark on his soul for the rest of his life. When Nikolai Nikolaevich retired, he came to Australia to see his younger brothers, but he could not see his mother, since by that time the woman had already died.
Search
Nikolai Blinov was tormented all his life by the question why his mother left his father, went so far? He looked for excuses for a loved one, believed that Nadezhda Fedorovna was tired of the constant waiting, gatherings, prison, sacrificing herself in the name of a ghostly "bright future." When his grandmother died, thirteen-year-old Kolya set off on a long journey to find his father. It was not an easy trip, during which the child managed to become a street child. But still, he managed to get to Arkhangelsk, found his father.
Career
In this city, the young man entered the nautical technical school, which he graduated at the age of 22. Here he becomes the organizer of the first pioneer detachment in the city, actively participates in the creation of the Soviet fishing fleet. At the same time, Nikolai Blinov begins to create literary works, print them in various publications.
But the craving for the sea was stronger, and Nikolai Blinov went to work as a mechanic, a machinist on sea vessels. After World War II Blinov N. N. worked as the head of workshops in the port, then - as a teacher at the nautical school.
When he retired, he had more free time. Then Blinov N. N. wrote his first story, called "The Fire and the Sail." Then there were several more books in which the seascape writer talked about the hard work of sailors, about the expanses of water. In the autobiographical story "Destiny" Blinov N. N. talked about his life. The famous marine writer died in 1984.
But he managed to start a family, become a father. And he named his son the same - Nikolai.
