Was born on the 1nd of January 1927 in the village Malamino, Krasnodar region, Kuban.
1946: moved with his family to Dagestan, Kizlyar
1956: he opened a branch of the art Fund in Kizlyar. Worked there as a director.
1958-1964 attended a course for the artists in the Union house of folk named after N.K. Krupskaya, Moscow.
1958: gave the farm of Alexandria 116 artworks
1962: he restored the Church of the Holy great Martyr George the victorious, Kizlyar.
1965: took part in the opening of the history Museum named after Bagration. Gave them 500 original paintings.
1965: opened fine art gallery in the farm named “Forvard", village Krainovka. Gave them 500 original paintings.
1980-1989 took part in the work of different creative dacha such as creative residence of the Union of artists, Hot key, Krasnodar region., academic residence named after Repin., creative residence of the Union of artists USSR named after Levitan, Gurzuf and others.
1991: his doughtier Janna Vasilevna Kolesnikova, gave to the history Museum named after Bagration 500 original paintings.
He was died in 1990, Kizlyar.Dagestan.

Exhibitions

1960: took part in the decade of art and literature of Dagestan in Moscow, exhibition hall, Moscow.
1960: took part in the art exhibition of young the amateurish of artists, Mosсow.
1964: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South”, Rostov-on-Don.
1967: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South”, Krasnodar.
1968: took part in the art exhibition "Dagestan's artists" dedicated to the 50th birthday the Soviet system, Union of artists, Makhachkala.
1969: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Stavropol.
1974: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Ordgonikidze.
1977: personal exhibition in the historical museum named after Bagration, Kizlyar.
1979: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Makhachkala.
1981: personal exhibition in the historical museum named after Bagration, Kizlyar.
1984: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Nalchik.
1985: personal exhibition to the 200th birthday to the city of Kizlyar, historical museum named after Bagration, Kizlyar.
1989: took part in Biennale Caspian republics, Baku.
1989: took part in the second art exhibition of the artists of the autonomous republics of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Central Manege, Moscow.
1990: a posthumous retrospective exhibition in the Makhachkala exhibition hall.
1999: a group exhibition of artists - A.I. Avgustovich, V.A. Kolesnikov, G.P.Konopatskaya, Yaroslavl.
"First gallery", Makhachkala.
2001: his works was used in the art exhibition project "Womеn's portrait", "First gallery", Makhachkala.
2008: his works was used in the art exhibition project "Dynasty", of representatives of artistic dynasty of Avgustovich -Konopatsky - Kolesnikovs. Museum of the History of the City of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2021: exhibition project Augustovich, Konopatsky, Kolesnikov, Murzabekov. «Family portrait on the background of mountains». The North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin. Vladikavkaz. Russia.

Vasiliy Kolesnikov’s works are kept in the art Fund RSFSR, Republic Museum of ART, Museum of Ethnography and history of The Republic of Dagestan,"First gallery", Makhachkala, Historical museum named after Bagration, Kizlyar, Folk museum Suzdal, private and corporate collections in Russia and abroad.