1886, Sofronovo, Tver Province — 1965, Leningrad

Painter, graphic artist, teacher, history painter, genre artist, portraitist, landscapist. Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (1899–1904) and the Higher School of Art, Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg (1904–1912). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1907). Member of the Union of Artists (1932). Taught at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1936–1940) and the Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry (1947–1965). Professor (1953).