nikolai ivanovich rastorguev was born in 1905 in the village of chicherina, kozlovsky uyezd, tambov province, father of vyacheslavfather nikolai found out that his grandfather nikolai ivanovich rastorguev was a good guy, a hereditary blacksmith managed to beat off the most attractive bride in the district at the beginning of the 20th century, nikolai rastorguev betrothed the daughter of a wealthy melnik, anna petkova. well done, yes, this is mother pavlovna petukhova, the daughter of melnik pavel petukhov, was born in the village of small izberdii of the kozlovsky district of the tambov province in 1911, the mother of vyacheslav and the grandmother of nikolai rastorguev, before the wedding of the grandmother and grandfather of the singer rastorguev, a lot of time passed october revolution collectivization scattered their families around the country. we met. they are only a few years later a couple of hundred kilometers from their native village not far from the city of sheremetyevo in the moscow region, according to a family legend, the young rastorguev fled from the red commissars here, and his bride anna petukh