Kalinnikov, Vasily Sergeyevich
(1866–1900)
Kalinnikov [Kaléeneekuhff], Vasily Sergeyevich (1–1/13–1866, Voiny, Orel distr. [now the Mtsensk region of the Province of Orel]; 12–29–1900/1–11–1901, Yalta). Brother of Viktor Kalinnikov. Kalinnikov's father was a police officer, who came from a clerical family. When his father retired in 1878 and settled in Orel, Kalinnikov and his two younger brothers entered the Orel ecclesiastical school, later the Seminary. Brought up in a musical atmosphere (his father played the guitar and sang in the…