Dmitrichenko was born on 3 January 1984 in Moscow into a family of artists, all members of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseyev.
In 2002, he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography and was accepted into the ballet company of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Dmitrichenko was arrested on 5 March 2013 in relation to the attack, of 17 January 2013, on the artistic director of the Bolshoi, Sergei Filin.
[7] Dmitrichenko was granted an early release from prison due to good behavior in May 2016 after serving 3 years of his sentence.
[9] In April 2018 the opera company of the Bolshoi Theater elected him as chairman of the creative trade union of BT workers.