Nikolay Pozdneev was born on September 28, 1930 in Leningrad. In 1956 he graduated from the Repin Institute of Fine Arts, the workshop of Victor Oreshnikov. He was engaged at Alexander Debler, Elena Tabakova, Andrey Mylnikov, Vladislav Anisovich. Participation in exhibitions since 1956. Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1957. He painted portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, genre scenes, thematic compositions. Nikolai Pozdneev's works are in the State Russian Museum, in museums and private collections in Russia, the United States, France, Britain and other countries.