Vladimir Rott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vladimir Rott

Date of Birth: 24-May-1935

Place of Birth: Babruysk, Mogilev Region, Belarus

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vladimir Rott, a Canadian engineer turned author, was born in 1935 in the Soviet Union, into a family of immigrants from Hungary.
In 1974, during a visit to Toronto he defected to Canada, leaving behind his wife and three children in Togliatti, Russia.
Reunited with his family he led a life of an engineer, entrepreneur and traveled the world making up for the lost opportunities not available to the citizens of the Soviet regime.
In later years he became a prolific writer dedicating his free time to writing autobiographical books and philanthropic pursuits in support of the forgotten and underprivileged Siberian Jewry.