Claim: Boris Sholokhov was a gifted Russian artist who was born in Borisoglebsk (a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia) then began his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts , and ended his studies at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute of V. I. Surikov.
Evidence: Boris Anatolyevich began his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, and ended his studies at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute of V. I. Surikov with teachers including S. Chuykov, V. Yakovlev, A. Gritsaya, and also teachers D. Corin and D. Oreshnikov. Boris Anatolyevich Sholokhov was born in Borisoglebsk in the Voronezh Oblast. He was a gifted Russian artist - master of the portrait, landscape, and the nude genre. Borisoglebsk (Russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor.