He lived in Izmail until the family moved to Tallinn, where he became interested in literature and theater.

Classmate Larisa Luzhina led Vladimir to drama club, directed by Ivan Danilovich Rossomahin.

The circle also engaged Vitali Konyayev, Igor Yasulovich and Lillian Malkina.

[2] Korenev became famous in the 1960s, when he played the lead role of Ichthyander in the film The Amphibian Man, and became known as a sex symbol in the Soviet Union.

[5] By 2015, Koronev had become artistic director of the Faculty of Theatre Arts Abbot in Institute of Humanitarian Education and Information Technologies.