Russian and Ukrainian painter.Born in the village of Topluk,Crimea.From 1895 he studied at the St. Petersburg school TZH A. A. Pisemsky and A. Afanasyev.In 1900 he returned to Yalta. The artist's watercolors were widely popular,especially after the last Russian Empress, Alexandra Fyodorovna bought 24 of the artist's work and even wanted to give drawing lessons to her children.In 1925 he moved to Bakhchisarai.Was an active participant in art exhibitions in Moscow,Kiev,Odessa,Simferopol,Bakhchisarai.