In the 1920s he studied at the art Studio of I. P. Sverkunova. Participant of the youth exhibition (1928), member. Zab. Department of the Russian geographical society (1930). Since 1931 the laboratory and the artist in CHARM, designed Museum exhibit. In 1920-30 he worked in the Newspapers "Zab. worker", "Red flag", "Zab. peasant", "Young peasant", some cheat. magazines, designed books for local publishers. Artistic heritage kept in the funds of CHARM. Died in Chita.
(Manakova E. G.)
Lit.: Mitrofanova I. V., Artist-nugget K. Bolotov // Zab.: The fate of the province. A collection of articles. — Chita, 1996; the Calendar of significant and memorable dates Cheat. region for 1999 — Chita, 1999.