1822, Komarovka, Saratov province — 1893/1894, Saratov

Painter, draughtsman; icon-painter. Studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Theology (from 1845) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (1848–1850). Academician (1854). Taught icon-painting at the St Petersburg Academy of Theology (1855–1857). Accompanied the Russian Orthodox mission to Peking (1857–1864). Stripped of all awards and titles (1869). Worked as a craftsman in St Petersburg (1870).