Born in Uzbekistan.
I spent my childhood and youth in an old Uzbek quarter of Tashkent.
Back in the 1960s, that was a cosmopolitan city and our street was no exception.
My future artistic expression was greatly influenced by mingling with people of various nationalities.
My schooling was done at the Benkov College of Arts in Tashkent and then at the Institute of Arts and Industry
in Kharkov. Although I attended many professors’ classes, it was Boris Tokmin to whom I looked up most.
I have up to this moment preserved a profound gratitude to this man. Also, of considerable significance in my development were my creative tours around the USSR and beyond its borders, of which, perhaps, the most noteworthy was to the ICAT gallery in Belgium. Membership in the Union of Artists of the USSR was granted
in 1980, and 1989 saw me as an Honoured Arts Worker of Uzbekistan.

Participations in ad-hoc creative groups at the Union of Artists of the USSR.
1979 Western Ukraine
1980 Siberia
1981 Kiev, Ukraine
1981 Kola peninsula
1989 Latvia

Participation in international teams:
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Belgium

Works are found in:
Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery.
Turgovishte, Bulgaria. Nicola Marinov Museum of Watercolour.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Uzbek Arts Museum.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Gallery of Uzbek National Bank.
Samarqand, Uzbekistan. History Museum.
Urgench, Uzbekistan. Arts Gallery.
Skopje, Macedonia.
ICAT Gallery, Belgium.
Magnitogorsk, Russia. Picture Gallery.
Private collections in Russia, Greece, Macedonia, the USA, Great Britain, Korea, Canada, Poland, Latvia, Germany, Belgium, and other countries.