Boris Gorbatov was born on July 15, 1908 in Petromarevskiy mine, Slovyanoserbsk uyezd, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sokolohirsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Die Kumpels von Donbass (1951), Die Unbeugsamen (1945) and Eto bylo v Donbasse (1945). She was married to Nina Arkhipova and Tatyana Okunevskaya. She died on January 20, 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].