An auditor student at the Academy of fine arts from 1839 Received medals: in 1844 – 2 silver for promising watercolor: "the figure of the academic ladder"; in 1845 – 1 silver for "the project of the Church in 1500". In 1846 the title of a free artist. In 1852, the title of academician for "project office facilities in the capital."
(Kondakov)