Born in the city of Yuzha in the Ivanovo region. In 1951-1956, he attended the Palekh art school. Teachers M. I. Shemarov, I. P. Vakurov, A. V. Kotuhin, N..Pravdin. Since 1956 worked at the Palekh art-production workshops. Themes of works: folklore, literature, revolutionary. Participant of exhibitions since 1962. Work N.In.Malakhov are stored in museums: gmpi, GRM, MNI, Ivanovo OC, HF Russia.