He was born in 1925. in a peasant family in the village of Ovechkino (R. Vichuga Ivanovo region). After finishing school in 1942. drafted into the Soviet army and went through the second world war, has government awards.In 1951. he graduated from the Ivanovo regional art school, where his teachers were famous artists, I. S. Troitsky, D. I. Milovskaya N. G.Burov, I. N. Nefedov. After graduation went to work in Ivanovo artistic and production plant of the art Fund of the RSFSR. Participated in the organization of design exhibitions museums in Ivanovo region. Since 1952, member of the regional and zonal exhibitions. Worked in the landscape genre. In his works a sense of lyricism and undeniable influence of creativity of Vyacheslav Andreyevich Fyodorov.