Background
Vasily was born on August 21, 1880, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vasily was born on August 21, 1880, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
He studied at Voronezh Gymnasium, graduated from the Tiflis Gymnasium (1899).
Official of the Petersburg Main Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1905-1908). Teacher in Kharkov Higher Women's Courses (1908-1910). Privat-docent of Kharkov (1910-1914), Moscow (1914-1915), Petersburg (1915-1916) universities. Professor of Saratov University (1917-1920). Head of the Saratov Gubernia archive (1919-1920). Professor of Russian History at the Academy of Theoretical Knowledge, then Kharkiv Institute of Public Education (1920-1934). Professor of Kharkov University (1920-1930). Member of the Board of Glavarhiv / Central Archival Office of the Ukrainian SSR (1921-1933).
From the history of the Secret Chancery. 1731-1762 (1911), History of the Secret Chancery of Peter's Time (1911), The Art School in Kharkov in the 18th Century (1911), The Project of the Destruction of the Senate in the 18th Century (1913), Essays on the History of the Prosecutor General's Office in Russia before the Catherine's time (1915).
