Nikolay Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.[2] In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970-1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.[3] Since 1979, he has been writing articles about art (more than 250 articles).[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including 8 personal collections.[5] He is a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
He personally meets and with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.[6][7]
Bibliography (selected)
Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4
The city as an artist's subjectivity. A group project in the format of an artist's book. Authors of articles: Parygin, Alexey Borisovich, Markov T. A., Klimova, Ekaterina Dmitrievna], Borovsky, Alexander Davidovich, Severyukhin, Dmitry Yakovlevich, Grigoryants, Elena Igorevna, Blagodatov N. I. (in Russian and English). — St. Petersburg: T. Markov Publishing House. 2020. — 128 p.: color. il. ISBN 978-5-906281-32-6
Bernstein B. M., Blagodatov N. I. Alexander Gurevich / Alexander Gurevich (in Russian and English). — St. Petersburg: Retro, 2008. — 192 p. — ISBN 978-0-615-19470-7.
Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (in Russian and English). — St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p.
Walking with memories // THE! - 2004. - No. 4.
Art is search, search is art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. pp. 253–255.
^Субъективные пространства города. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — С. 66-68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4.
