Nicolas Nabokov (ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²; 17 April [O.S. 4 April] 1903 β 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Nicolas Nabokov, a first cousin of Vladimir Nabokov, and of the baron Eduard von Falz-Fein, was born to a family of landed Russian gentry in the town of Lubcza near Minsk, and was educated by private tutors. In 1918, after his