Studied at the Art Studio of Yaroslavl Palace of Pioneers (1948–1953); Yaroslavl Art College (1954–1958); the Repin Institute of Arts as an undergraduate (1958–1964) in the Faculty of Painting under A. A. Mylnikov, and a postgraduate (1971–1974). Exhibited since 1970. Member of the Leningrad Branch of the RSFSR Union of Artists (1971). Taught at Kiev State Institute of Art (1964–1971), the Repin Institute of Arts (1971–mid‑1980s), St Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design (1998–2002). Lives and works in St Petersburg (since 1958). Main collections: Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, State Literary and Memorial Museum of F. M. Dostoevsky, State Museum of the History of St Petersburg, State Museum of Theatre and Music (all St Petersburg), Gatchina State Museum-Reserve (Leningrad Region), Battle of Stalingrad Museum-Panorama (Volgograd), Kaliningrad Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Tambov Regional Picture Gallery; Museum of the History of the City of Kiev (Ukraine).

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