Was born in Kharkov. He studied in the private real school Professor G. F. Burakov 132 (later — 17-I school), then, in the 1920s in Kharkov Institute (the Studio of the sculptor Eleanor Bloch 133 ). Until 1934 he worked as an accountant, 1934 — a moulder in sculpture. With the start of the war in evacuation in the Urals in 1941 — 1949. worked in the radio factory in the town of Kasli. After returning to Kharkov again a moulder in sculpture. From 1958 to 1980 — in the Art Fund and Art Museum — was engaged in the organization and execution of art exhibitions. He was familiar with Meyerhold, the poet Alexei chicheriny; were friends of Grieg. Petnikova. Lives in Kharkov.