Nikolai Dmitryevich Vekov (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Веков; November 26, 1870 — 1930s[1]) was a Russian opera and operetta artist (baritone) and director.

From 1895 to 1901, he studied singing at the Moscow Conservatory (teachers Camille Everardi and Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya).

[3] Since 1900, he performed in the troupe of the Association of Moscow Private Russian Opera.

In 1901, after graduating from the Moscow Conservatory with a small silver medal, he first continued to work there, until 1904, simultaneously with 1903 speaking in concerts of the Mug of Russian music lovers with the performance of romances, and then (1904–1911) he entered the Zimin Opera.

Among his roles — The Duel in story of Kuprin, Miroslav in Martha-Posadnitsa and boyar Nagoy in The Death of Ivan the Terrible, where he debuted Yakov Protazanov.