Vladimir Troshin

Vladimir Troshin was a Russian singer and actor known for his lyrical interpretation of the popular song 'Moscow nights'. He was born Vladimir Konstantinovich Troshin on May 15, 1926, in Mikhailovsky, Sverdlovsk province, Russia, USSR. He was the tenth child in a working class family. Young Troshin was fond of music and singing, he played balalaika and harmonica. In 1943 Troshin was accepted to acting school of the Moscow Art Theatre, where his classmates were Vladimir Druzhnikov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Vladlen Davydov, and Yevgeniya Khanayeva among others. He studied acting under Maria Knebel and Vasili Toporkov, and singing under Natalia M. Kupriyanova, graduating in 1947 as actor. From 1947 to 1988 Troshin was a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Irina Gosheva, Dmitri Orlov, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Mark Prud