Background
Vasiliy Petrovich Troitskiy was born on December 19, 1916, in Ertil, Voronezh oblast, Russian Federation.
Voronezh State Pedagogical University
Vasiliy Petrovich Troitskiy was born on December 19, 1916, in Ertil, Voronezh oblast, Russian Federation.
Vasiliy Petrovich graduated from the Teachers Training College in the city of Usman, Voronezh Oblast (1936), the Voronezh State Pedagogical University (1938), and Faculty of Geography of the Sverdlovsk State Pedagogical Institute (1957).
Vasiliy Petrovich worked as a teacher in the village of Staryy Ertil (since 1936). Then he worked as a teacher of secondary school № 1 in the city of Ertil (1955-1964). Moreover, Vasiliy Petrovich worked as an inspector of the Ertil District Department of Education (1964-1973). He was the initiator of the creation of the regional museum of local lore (1974) and became its director (until 1989). He was a research scientist (since 1989).
Vasiliy Petrovich served in the Red Army since 1939. He was a participant of the Great Patriotic War. Since 1942, Vasiliy Petrovich was in German captivity. He escaped from German captivity in September 1943 and then served as a combatant in partisan detachment. In 1949 Vasiliy Petrovich was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in forced labor camps. He was released in 1955.