Nikolay Tzember was born in Syktyvkar, Russia (USSR) to Andrey. He was married. Prior to WWII he lived in Pyatigorsk, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Nikolay was killed in military service in WWII.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.