Thesis in the CVC - "Led. 1905.", rating - excellent. The training took place at the picturesque faculty, qualification of the artist painting.
Born: Novolisino settlement, Irkutsk region, he Graduated from the Irkutsk art school (1952) and the faculty of painting of the Leningrad state Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture. I. E. Repin (1958). Since 1958 works in the Art Fund in Chita. Participates in exhibitions since 1958 (mountains., region, zone). Solo exhibition in 1961, 1965, 1970 (Baley); 1978-79, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2001 (Chita). Works in painting, graphics, monumental art. The variety of genres include landscape, still life, portrait. Works of the artist are in museums of Russia, including in CHOGM, in private collections in USA, Germany, England, China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia.
(Manakova E. G.)
Lit.: Kalashnikov: the father and the son: Booklet / Ed.-comp. E. G. Kunakova. — Chita, 1999; a Calendar of important and memorable dates Cheat. region for 1999 — Chita, 1999; Kalashnikov V. A.: Booklet personal exhibition / Ed.-comp. E. G. Kunakova. — Chita, 2001.
