1813, Kharkiv Province - 1870, Tiflis

Painter, battle and icon painter. Artillery second lieutenant, served in Tiflis, left military service in 1841. Occasional student of the Imperial Academy of Arts, studied under Karl Brullov. Fellow of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1845-1848). Awarded minor silver and gold medals (1846), a major gold medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1848). Taught drawing and draughtsmanship at the South Caucasus School for Noble Maidens and provincial grammar school, later form teacher at the Alexander Pedagogical School (Tiflis, 1860s). Painted a series of icons for Caucasian churches.