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==Early years==

Slovtsov was born in the village of [[Ustyanskoye]] in [[Yeniseysk Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]], to the family of a [[deacon]]. His father died when the boy was five, and the mother re-located with Pyotr to [[Krasnoyarsk]]. According to family tradition, the boy attended an [[ecclesiology|ecclesiastical]] school and then a [[seminary]]. At the seminary, the boy's [[discant]] was noticed by the seminary's choir-master, [[Pavel Ivanov-Radkevich]], who entrusted Pyotr with performing a solo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Кравчук |first=Лариса |url=https://books.google.chcom/books?id=791ZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT78&dq=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN0YGYiKv7AhVohf0HHcyiBpAQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%20%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82&f=falsePT78 |title=Навстречу мечте. Книга 3. Благодарим и помним |date=2022-05-15 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-04-413807-0 |language=ru}}</ref> The local press was impressed with Pyotr's performance to the point of predicting a brilliant career for the boy.

After the graduation, Slovtsov entered the law school of the [[University of Warsaw]], but dropped out only six months later, choosing to attend [[Moscow Conservatory]] instead. There he specialized in solo singing under Professor [[Ivan Gordi]]. Slovtsov graduated from the Conservatory with its gold medal in 1912.

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From that time his name appeared on placards in many Russian cities, including [[Kiev]] (1912–1914), [[Saratov]] (1914), [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] (1915–1917), [[Nizhny Novgorod|Nizhny-Novgorod]] (1917), [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]] (1919, 1930), [[Moscow]]'s [[Bolshoi Theatre]] (1929–1932) and Leningrad (end of 1920-beginning 1930).

He made his operatic debut with the [[Kiev Opera]] in 1912, and sang there until 1915, when he joined the Petrograd [[People's House|People's House Theatre]] with a repertoire that included ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'', ''[[Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky)|Rusalka]]'', and ''[[Prince Igor]]''. In 1920 he and his wife, the singer M.N Rioli-Slovtsova moved to [[Krasnoyarsk]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krivoshei︠a︡ |first=Boris Georgievich |url=https://books.google.chcom/books?id=xMrAAAAAIAAJ&q=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&dq=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixnubTh6v7AhWkTOUKHTxuDCkQ6AF6BAgMEAI |title=Muzykalʹnai︠a︡ zhiznʹ Krasnoi︠a︡rska |date=1983 |publisher=Krasnoi︠a︡rskoe knizhnoe izd-vo |language=ru}}</ref> although in 1928 he was appointed professor of solo of singing at the [[Russian Academy of Theatre Arts]] and continued his appearances the Bolshoi in a wide variety of operatic roles. Slovtsov’s records are extremely rare and sought-after by collectors.

Pyotr I. Slovtsov was called by his contemporaries "the Siberian nightingale", and was ranked with such well-known tenors of the day as [[Vladimir Rosing]], A.M. Davydov, [[Leonid Sobinov]], [[Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)|Dmitri Smirnov]] and [[Andrey Labinsky]].