Born in Chernigiv region. Member of the Great Patriotic War. In 1952 he graduated from the Kiev Art Institute, where his teachers were K. His works are in the museum of Ukraine they are exhibited on the auctions and the western galleries. Size: 48×40 cm (19 x15 1/2 in). The pictures of this Russian painter and others are on the auctions and in the galleries by prices in 5-10 times higher than I have.