Vasiliy Valdaytsev was born on March 20, 1913 in Lyubitovo village, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novgorod oblast, Russia]. Vasiliy was a cinematographer, known for Blokada (2006). Vasiliy died on January 5, 1981 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].