Veronika Arkadyevna Dolina (Russian: Верони́ка Арка́дьевна До́лина, IPA: [vʲɪrɐˈnʲikə ɐrˈkadʲjɪvnə ˈdolʲɪnə] ; born on January 2, 1956, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian poet, bard, and songwriter. Veronika Dolina was born in Moscow. He farther was Arkady Fisher, an aircraft designer, her mother was a doctor, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Ludmila Dolllina. Her maternal grandfather was famous neurophysiologist Aleksander Dolin. In 1979, she graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute as a French language teacher.