Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin (Russian: Николай Иванович Кульбин; 1868, Helsinki – 6 March 1917, Petrograd) was a Futurist artist, musician and theorist.
[1] Kulbin first trained as medical doctor at the Imperial Military Medical Institute, graduating in 1893.
He then became a lecturer at the Military Medical Attendants' School while also researching alcoholism.
[1] He became an active artist and set designer.
From 1913 to 1914 gave lectures on Futurism.