Viktor Maksimovich was born on April 14, 1913 in Orenburg, Turgay Oblast, Russian Empire [now Orenburg Oblast, Russia]. Viktor was a cinematographer, known for Aleko (1953), Dva kapitana (1956) and Devchonka, s kotoroy ya druzhil (1962). Viktor died in 1977 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].