Studied at Factory Workers’ School in Leningrad (mid 1950s); O. A. Sidlin studio at the V. P. Kapranov Palace of Culture, Iliich Palace of Culture and the First Five-Year Plan Palace of Culture, Leningrad (1954–1972). Member of exhibitions since 1968. Member of the group Shkola Sidlina (Sidlin School). Worked as painter-decorator, plasterer and facade worker on building sites (mid 1950s–1960s).Taught at O. A. Sidlin studio (1960s–1972). Lives and works in St Petersburg since 1954. Main collections: Tsarskoe Selo Collection (St Petersburg).