Arkady Povzikov was born in Leningrad of the former Soviet Union. After graduating from high school and the Industrial College he served in the Soviet Army. Arkady spent much of his free time living vicariously through his poems and short stories that allowed him to express his feelings and viewpoints on life.
Ini 1987 Arkady began writing his first novel Goodbye to the Nevsky, a fiction based novel that told the story of his own unique experiences in life. He published Goodbye to the Nevsky with Lugus Productions in 1991. Arkady’s second novel The Purpose was published through the Nonparal Publishing Company in 2005. His third and most recent novel The Thirteenth Apostle was published in February 2007 through Langdon Street Press.
Today, Arkady resides in Ontario.