Nikolay Ivanovich Iordansky was born on December 4, 1876 in Novokhopersk, Voronezh oblast, Russian Federation. From the family of the county treasury accountant: father I.I. Jordanian, collaborated in local publications, where he posted correspondence from Novokhopersk and Bobrov.
Iordansky studied in Belgorod (from 1886), Kharkov (from 1892) gymnasiums, graduated from Simferopol gymnasium (1895).
Until 1904, he worked in the social democratic organizations of the Crimea and Borisoglebsk, Tambov Oblast. The closest ally of G.V. Plekhanov. Since 1899, he has been published in various newspapers, and later - in magazines "Education", "God's World", "Modern World". In 1923-1924, the plenipotentiary of the USSR in Italy.
