Nikolay Innokentjevich Blagodatov (Russian: Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов) is a famous Soviet Nonconformist Art collector in USSR and Russia.

Nikolay Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.

At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970-1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.

[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including 8 personal collections.

He personally meets with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.