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. She is mother of Russian film critic Anton Dolin. 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.