To understand the inner world of man, it is imperative to refer to his roots. Kostya's father was born in 1897 in St. Petersburg working family. Voleju cudeb became a party to three wars and a lifetime spent in supervising work in the industry. Mama bone was almost twenty years younger than his father, and belonged to the family of the great Russian painter Ivan Shishkin.
Before the war the young couple lived in Maikop. Firstborn waited impatiently. But a month before he was born Alexei went into partisan group: the Maikop approaching Germans. Claudia Parmenovna unable to evacuate. Eighth in August 1942 the city was occupied, and the third day of September in the world entered
Konstantin Vasilyev. Do I have to say about what the hardships and privations endured by the young mother and baby. Claudia Parmenovnu son took to the Gestapo, and later released in an attempt to uncover possible links with the guerrillas. Life Vasilyevs literally hanging by a thread, and only the swift advance of Soviet forces prevented them. Maikop released February 3, 1943.
After the war the family moved to Kazan, and in 1949 - for permanent residence in the village Vasilevo. And this was no accident. An avid hunter and fisherman, Alexei, often leaving the city, somehow got in this village, fell in love with him and decided to move here permanently. Later Kostya reflect the unearthly beauty of these places in his numerous landscapes.
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