Studied at the K. A. Savitsky Art College, Penza (1954–1959) under G. V. Pankov and V. I. Khudiakov. Exhibited since 1965. Member of the USSR Union of Artists (1982), IAA (1992). Taught drawing at secondary school No. 10 in Chebarkul (1959–1961); worked as a designer in the Municipal Art Workshop, Chebarkul (1966– 1968). Organiser of and teacher at the Art Studio of Chebarkul Metallurgical Works Club (1968–1993). Lives and works in St Petersburg (since 2013). Main collections: ROSIZO (Moscow), All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin, State Literary and Memorial Museum of F. M. Dostoevsky (both St Petersburg), State art museums in Chelyabinsk, Irbit, Kurgan, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Samara and Yekaterinburg.

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