Background
Roman Valerievich Zlotnikov was born on May 13, 1963 in Sarov city (then Arzamas-16). That was an old Russian town in which intertwined in a bizarre way initial, ancient values with that on what our soviet government unmercifully spent money. At the age of three, he moved in Obninsk city. The city completely new, fresh, brilliant and connected with extremely fashionable nuclear theme. That means that this city had the best medicine, provision and pedagogy.
Education
Roman Zlotnikov was obedient and even shy child, he liked to stay at home more than playing out, though sometimes he was stubborn, that caused a lot of troubles to his family and himself. And, as in all "respectable families", in addition to studying in an ordinary school, he barely learned to play the accordion and graduated from art school. He studied quiet well and always participated in various physical and mathematical competitions, some of them he managed to win. He was a diligent pupil until last year. As consequence, he transferred to another school, under the supervision of an excellent teacher who was close friend of his parents, than his grandfather said that he wanted Roman to be an officer.
Roman Zlotnikov graduated from high school and entered the Saratov Higher Military Command School of Interior Ministry troops of the USSR in 1980. He had good marks and despite some difficulties with muscles and stamina, he was allowed to pass only two exams. He was enrolled in High Military Command Red Banner School of MVD of the USSR in Saratov. The next four years Roman successfully learned military science, perfectly mastered all kinds of commands in Russian and in spite of the predisposition to be overweight during school years he became lean and zealous young lieutenant. Some impressions from that time he used while writing the novel "The men from the outskirts of the galaxy".
Career
In 1984, he successfully graduated, received two shoulder marks and joined the army as platoon commander. He served on various positions. Then he felled in love married. His daughter was born during the first year of marriage. During perestroika Roman had his first experience in literature. He wrote a story for "Na boievom postu" journal. Inasmuch there was retrenchment he transferred to Obninsk Branch of Russian Institute for advanced studies for MIA employees as captain in 1992. In a few years his son was born. Reforms were gaining strength and his family, like all families of the military, began to noticeably shift towards some insecurity, and then towards poverty. There were not a lot of opportunities for part-time work. So that is how former officer and professor of Obninsk Branch of Russian Institute for advanced studies for MIA employees became writer.