Vadim Okhotnikov

[1][2] He was born in the town of Yelets, then in Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire.

[1] Among his inventions is the development of a Soviet system of optical sound recording.

[3] He was awarded the honorary title of Honored Worker in Science and Engineering [ru][1] In 1946 he was appointed scientific editor of the popular science magazine for youth Tekhnika Molodezhi.

He was married to the children's writer Valentina Oseyeva [ru].

[1] In his works of hard science fiction he popularized of his own scientific and engineering ideas.