Mikhail Dolgopolov was born on January 27, 1901 in Katerynoslav, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipro, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Granitsa na zamke (1938), Devichya vesna (1960) and Khudozhniki-voiny (1948). He died on August 27, 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].