Vladimir Belyaev was born on March 21, 1909 in Kamenets-Podolskiy, Podolskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Kam"yanets-Podilskyy, Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Bewegte Jugend (1955), Ivanna (1959) and Staraya Krepost' (1938). He died on February 11, 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].