UNikolai Vasilyevich Uspensky ( 31 Mbasa 1837 - 2 Lwezi 1889) wayengumbhali waseRussia, futhi engumzala wombhali naye uGleb Uspensky.U-Uspensky wabhala kakhulu ngamaqiniso empilo yabampofu emaphandleni eRashiya ngesikhathi se- Emancipation Act ka-1861 nguTsar Alexander II, ukuthola impumelelo ebucayi neyentengiso.Ngemuva kokubona ukwanda kokwehlukaniswa nokwehla komsebenzi, u-Uspensky wazibulala ngomhlaka 2 Novemba 1889. According to other sources, 1834, Bolshoe Skuratovo, Tchernsky region