Vyatka Governorate
Nikolai Ivanovich Kostrov (; May 19, 1901, village Vasilievskoye, Vyatka Governorate of the Russian Empire – 1995, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting and graphics.