B. February 24, 1925 in the village of Yakimovka, now Zaporizhia oblast — mind. July 5, 1993 in Kharkiv. The participant of the great Patriotic war.Graduated from KhSAI (1952-58), where he studied with I. Melgunov, N. Ryabinina. HO member of the CFS since 1960. The participant of Republican, all-Union and international exhibitions since 1957. Was a teacher at KhSAI-hhpi (1958-60; 1970). In the field of sculpture worked in collaboration with L. Zhukovskaya.