Career
Born in Sukhoi, Kemerovo Oblast in 1923, Abdulin worked as a gold miner before the war. He entered the army as a volunteer after the attack by Nazi Germany on Soviet Union. He later fought in the Battle of Kursk and battles on the Dniepr River, where he was wounded and later demobilised.
In 1985, he published 160 страниц из солдатского дневника (160 pages from the diary of a soldier), which was based on his diary.
After recovery from the wounds, he returned to his mining profession. After the war, he wrote Red Road from Stalingrad (X) which was published in English in 2004.
Abdulin was a resident of Orenburg Oblast until his death in 2007.
