Nikolai Durov

Nikolai Durov
Nikolai Durov
Николай Дуров
Born	21 November 1980; Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union; (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Citizenship	Russia (before 2015); Saint Kitts and Nevis (after 2015)
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University; University of Bonn
Occupation(s)	Programmer, mathematician
Known for	Founding VK in 2006 Founding Telegram Messenger in 2013
Parents	Valery Durov (father); Albina Durova (mother);
Relatives	Pavel Durov (brother)
Awards	St. Petersburg Mathematical Society Young Mathematician Prize (2006)
Website	www.pdmi.ras.ru/eng/perso/durov.php

Nikolai Valeryevich Durov (Russian: Никола́й Вале́рьевич Ду́ров; born 21 November 1980) is a Russian programmer and mathematician with Kittian Citizenship. He is the elder brother of Pavel Durov, with whom he founded the social networking site VK and later Telegram Messenger.

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