 Seven years later, his family moved to the city of Taganrog proper.In 1912 Ivan Vasilenko graduated from the 4-year college and became teacher at a village school.He entered the Belgorod pedagogical institute, but was soon dismissed for organization of a Marxist group, because of that the further route for Vasilenko to teaching was closed and he worked as an accountant in the Taganrog Land bank.