The son of the Secretary of the chamber Board. A graduate of the Academy of arts from 1798.
Received medals:
in 1807 - 2 silver
in 1808 - 1 silver
in 1809 - 2 gold for the program "Project of the sea cadet corps in the city of Nikolaev", in the same year, released with a certificate of 1 degree. In 1811, consisted in the architect Cameron.
(Kondakov)