Vsevolod Aksyonov，Vsevolod Nikolaevich Aksenov was born on March 19, 1898, in Moscow, Russia. In 1918, he graduated from a Moscow Gymnasium, then worked for a year as a clerk in Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD). From 1919-1920 he studied acting at Shchepkin School of Maly Theatre in Moscow.