Born in the city Sudzha Kursk province. Studied at the graphic Department of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad (1927-30). In 1932 he graduated from Moscow printing Institute.
The participant of the great Patriotic war.
Worked as art-technical and art editor in publishing houses, Izogiz, Goslitizdat, Publishing house of foreign literature. From 1952 he worked as an artist-designer of the font in the Department of new fonts of the scientific research Institute of polygraphic mechanical engineering (CPS NII poligrafmash) until retirement in 1972
Main books: H. ergaliyev "a Girl from our village" (1951), "the Theory of plasticity. Collection" (1953), etc.
II degree diploma of all-Union exhibition of books, graphics and posters for the development of the font Baranowska title (1957).
Author of several articles and memoirs about working in CPS:
"Books and print", printing No. 9, 1989
"Bazhanovsky handwriting", printing number 9, 1990
"Scholar, organizer, artist", printing No. 7, 1991
"Galina Bannikova", Printing Number 2, 1994
"National fonts", the printer and publisher No. 4, 1995
