A graduate of the Academy of Arts from April 4, 1831. Pensioner M.V.D. Received medals: in 1834 - 1 silver; in 1835, too; in 1836 - 2 gold for the program: "Project School of Law"; in 1837 - 1 gold for the “project of the grand-ducal palace”. In 1836 - certificate of 1 degree for the title of the artist of the XIV class and was left at the Academy of Arts for improvement. In 1840 he was sent abroad by a pensioner of the Academy. Since 1858 - the title of professor of architecture for the "project of the Russian Archaeological Museum."
(Kondakov)