Alexander Abramovich Kabakov (October 22, 1943, Novosibirsk) - Russian writer and publicist. Alexander Kabakov was born in evacuation in Novosibirsk in the family of Abram Yakovlevich and Frida Isaakovna Kabakov. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Dnepropetrovsk University. After graduation, he worked as an engineer in the Yangel rocket design bureau on Yuzhmash.