 After graduation from the military school in 1917, Vladimir Tomilovsky started his service in the engineering division of the Admiral Kolchak’s army; however, his life took a sharp turn when he entered the Red Army in 1919 and served there up till 1924 leaving the military service with the rank of Chief of Staff at the 14th cavalry squadron of the special purpose division.Following his military service, from 1920 to 1921, Vladimir studied painting in the art studio in the city of Tomsk (Siberia).From 1926 to 1930, he continued art studies in Irkutsk courses of painting art which were given by Ivan Kopylov (Иван Лаврович Копылов), an alumnus of the Paris Art Academy.