The author is known to readers of the book entitled “Legends and myths of Ancient Greece”, scientist, teacher, educator and translator. The history of cultures and religions – his specialty, but Nikolai Albertovich became interested in geography, for example, the puppet theatre for her granddaughter was placed on a huge geographical Atlas. The writer knew about twenty foreign languages, one of his Hobbies was astronomy – the starry sky he read like an open book. Nikolai Albertovich was an excellent painter. That his talent was inherited by the son, Hippolyte N.; artist was the great-granddaughter Tatiana. In addition, the famous sculptor, was the youngest sister of Julia A. Coon, and her son Yuli Yulievich Kuhn – cinematographer, photographer.
