Yakov Bazelyan was born on August 28, 1925 in Zlatopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zlatopil, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director, known for Vchera, segodnya i vsegda (1972), Dom s mezoninom (1961) and Puti i sudby (1956). He died on June 4, 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].