1916, Uvarovichi (White Russia) - 1988, Leningrad

Painter, graphic artist, portraitist, landscapist, genre painter, history painter. Studied at the Mikhail Kalinin School of Art and Industry in Moscow (1931-35) and the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1936-41, 1945-47). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1947). Taught at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1958-89). Professor (1963). People''s Artist of the UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, full member of the Academy of Arts of the UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. Awarded the Lenin Prize (1974) and the State Prize of the UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (1983).