[2] Viktor Vodolatsky was born on 10 August 1957 in the village of Stefanidinodar [ru], Azovsky District, Rostov Oblast.

[5] In 1998, at Rostov University, he defended his thesis on the topic "Organizational structures of social and administrative management", receiving the degree of candidate of sociological sciences.

In 2006, he graduated from the faculty of retraining and advanced training of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

On 2 December 2007, Volodatsky was elected a member of parliament, a deputy of the State Duma of the fifth convocation as part of the federal list of candidates nominated by the All-Russian political party "United Russia".

He was a member of the Security Committee, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislation in the Spheres of Crime Prevention, Ensuring the Participation of the Population and Public Organizations in Law Enforcement.

In 2011, at the Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don, he defended his dissertation on the topic "Cossacks in modern society", receiving a doctorate in sociological sciences.

[8][9] On 12 November 2012, he became a member of the State Duma of the sixth convocation, having received a mandate from Aleksey Knyshov, who had laid down his parliamentary powers ahead of schedule.

On 18 September 2016, he was elected to the State Duma of the seventh convocation on the federal list from the United Russia party.

[11] From 2007 to 2021, during the term of office of a member of the State Duma of the 5th, 6th and 7th convocations, he co-authored 333 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.

[12] On 17 January 2008, Vodolatsky signed an order on the creation of a working group to analyze the activities of Pyotr Krasnov in connection with a request received from the organization "Cossack Abroad".

On 18 January 2008, the Council of Atamans of the organization “The Great Don Host” made a decision, which noted: “... historical facts indicate that an active fighter against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War, writer and publicist P.N.