Aleksey Zhivotov was born on November 1, 1904 in Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]. He was a composer, known for
Ski Battalion (1937),
Dvenadtsataya noch (1955) and
Vesna v Moskve (1953). He died on August 27, 1964 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].