Victor Vlasov was born at Shilka Town of Chitinskaya Region in Russia. He inherited his love for music from both his parents: his father played the balalaika by ear and his mother was the member of a local choir. His paternal grandfather played the harmonica, his maternal grandfather the violin.During the years of the second world war and till 1953 the family Vlasov lived in the Mongolian-People's Republic, within the structure of the Soviet Union. In 1947 they got a two-row button harmonica. His mother's sister played the instrument by ear and she taught Victor how to do it. As she remarked his talent, she advised his parents to buy him a bayan, who has much more possibilities. From 1948 on Victor Vlasov started playing by ear and one year later he started learning music notation from a self-teaching book, as there were no music schools in Mongolia.

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