1882 Born in Astrakhan.
1901-1904 he Studied at the Stroganov Central school of industrial art. Until 1917 Complied with posters advertising of tobacco products.
1922-1929 Chief artist of the Leningrad tobacco trust. Performed trade advertising, labels to cartons for tobacco products; sketches of typical design of brand shops. Until 1929, he Lived in Leningrad, then in Moscow.
1920s-1930s he Worked in political posters and film posters.
1942 Died in Yoshkar-Ola.
Among his works is a series of landscapes (paintings, graphics). Father B. A. Zelensky.