Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov was born May 29, 1928 in Kazan on the Volga.  In 1953 Mr. Galakhov graduated from I. Repin Institute in the elite R. Frenz workshop.  

Since 1949 Mr. Galakhov participated in art exhibitions.  Member of the LCRAU since 1955. Paints landscape, genre scenes and subject pictures.  He was named Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation in 1984.  Mr. Galakhov was featured in a personal exhibition in Leningrad in 1988.  Paintings by Nikolai Galakhov are in the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery and in art museums and private collections in Russia and throughout the world.