- Father of Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrey Konchalovskiy.
- Writer of plays, screenplays and children's literature, most famous for writing or co-writing words for the national anthem of the Soviet Union for three different Soviet leaders starting with Stalin.
- Born before the calendar change in Russia, his birth date was originally given as 27 February, Old Style.
- From Russian nobility.
- His first wife Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya (b. 18 Jan 1903, d. Oct 1988), whom he married in 1936, was a daughter of the Painter Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky and Olga Vasilievna Surikova. His second wife, whom he married in 1997, is Yulia Valerievna Subbotina (b. 1963).
- Nephew of Maria Vladimirovna Mikhalkova, mother of Pyotr Glebov.
- Son of Vladimir Alexandrovich Mikhalkov (b. 1886, d. Georgievsk 24 Dec 1932) and wife Olga Mikhailovna Glebova (b. 1883, d. 1943).
- Received State Prizes for Art in 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1978 and the Lenin Prize in 1970.
- Author of the text for the first Soviet anthem written in 1943 and approved by Stalin in 1944. 33 years later he updated the Soviet anthem in 1977. He wrote the current Russian National Anthem in 2001.
- Chairman of the Union of Soviet Writers (1970-1990).
- He was 88 when married his last wife who was 47 years younger.
- Was WWII correspondent.
- He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems.
- He was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables.
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