Born in Moscow the son of the artist Solomon Boim. From 1944 to 1949. he studied at mshsh at A. G. Sukiasyan, S. P. and Mikhailov. From 1949 to 1953. he studied on the graphic faculty of the Moscow state art Institute named after V. I. Surikov. Her teachers - M. S. Rodionov, M. A. Dobrov, M. M. Cheremnykh, N..Ponomarev, and P. Rayner.
In 1957. became member of the USSR Union.
With 1952. - participant of all-Union, Republican, regional, Moscow and foreign exhibitions.
Since 2002. – Honored artist of Russia.
1971. creative interests are closely connected with a large group of watercolor artists. In this group were masters of watercolors from the Moscow, Leningrad, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Caucasus, etc. the Creative journey given topic such series of watercolors of R. S. Boim, "In the Altai mountains", "the Memory of Karelia", "tundra", "the far East", "Turkmenistan", "white autumn" etc.
The work of R. S. Boim is included in the collections of the State museums of Ashgabat, Bishkek, Lviv, Tyumen, Novokuznetsk, Vladivostok, etc., and are also in private collections in Hungary, Norway, USA, Israel, Japan, Germany, Italy, Poland, etc.
