His father and younger sister died of cholera when he was 3 , and the rest of the family suffered malnourishment during the Russian Civil War .
Lopatin was born in Balashov to a locksmith and a teacher of Russian .
Lopatin 's father and younger sister died of cholera when he was 3 , and the rest of the family suffered malnourishment during the Russian Civil War .
Lopatin was born in Balashov to a locksmith and a teacher of Russian .