St. Petersburg: Vasily, 24, was dressed in a bow tie and sporting a curly mustache as he walked through the center of St Petersburg on his way to meet friends.
A native of Bryansk, a town 400km southwest of Moscow, Vasily teaches history in a St. Petersburg grammar school.
Vasily said 20th century history is his favorite as it gave rise to jazz, blues, Hemingway and Bulgakov.
He plans to pursue a doctorate in history.