Nikola Stefanovich Toshkovich (Bulgarian: Никола Стефанович Тошкович) was born in Odessa, Tsardom of Russia, son of a tradesman.
Nikola was born in Odessa in the family of Stefan Toshkovich, a bulgarian tradesman from Kalofer (Ottoman Empire).
[1] Nikola Toshkovich studied at the Technological Institute in Saint Petersburg's Technical University.
He was a member of the Agricultural Association in South Russia and worked in the field of steam engines.
For some years he practiced his skills in a factory of a French constructor in Paris, where one of the most modern locomotives was built.