Vasily Golubev was born on June 15, 1925 in the village of Medvezhye, Yaroslavl Region. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic war, Golubev volunteered for the Red Army and served until 1945. In 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Art and Pedagogical School on Tavricheskaya Street. Participated in exhibitions since 1958. Member of Leningrad Union of Artists since 1966. He painted portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, genre compositions. Personal exhibition in Leningrad (1991). Vasily Golubev's works are in museums and private collections in Russia, the United States, Germany and other countries.