Vasily Smyslov | Vasily Zhukovsky | Vasily Livanov | Vasily Golovnin | Vasily Polenov | Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov | Vasily Rainchik | Vasily Perov | Vasily Lanovoy | Vasily Kafanov | Vasily Kachalov | Vasily Gorodtsov | Vasily Chapayev | Yevgeni Safonov (skier) | Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev | Vasily Vasilievsky | Vasily Vasilievich Struve | Vasily Sokolovsky | Vasily Petrenko | Vasily Pavlovich Rochev | Vasily Orlov-Denisov | Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko | Vasily Konstantinovich | Vasily Kazakov | Vasily Karasev | Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovsky | Vasily Fesenkov | Vasily Dolgorukov | Vasily Botkin | Vasily Bartold |
With no formal training in composition, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Galli, Pavel Pabst and Vasily Safonov.