He received his General education at the Kazan Seminary, from which he graduated in 1904
From 1905 to 1910 for revolutionary activities he served his sentence in the fortress and exile.
To make the bread started in prison since 1908
In 1915 he graduated from a student at the Kazan art school.
In 1918 he was arrested by the Czechs.
Up to 1926 was engaged in educational work in universities of Kazan and the Moscow Lomonosov technical school.
Was studying since 1923
Participant of exhibitions to mark the fifth anniversary? decade and fifteenth anniversary of the red army.