Background
Tikhon Astafyev was born on September 15, 1925, in the village of Terbuny, Livensky uyezd of the Orel governorate. He was born to a peasant family.
Tikhon Astafyev was born on September 15, 1925, in the village of Terbuny, Livensky uyezd of the Orel governorate. He was born to a peasant family.
He lived in Voronezh since 1933. He graduated from a law school in 1946, All-Union Correspondence Law Institute in 1955.
He worked as an investigator of the prosecutor's office of the Voronezh districts, the regional prosecutor's office, the Chief of Investigations of the regional prosecutor's office, and the Regional Deputy Prosecutor. He published articles on the prevention of violations in periodicals.