1823, Pokrovskaya (Tver Province) – 1864, Pokrovskaya (Tver Province)

Painter, landscapist, portraitist, icon-painter. Serf of the landowner Grigory Soroka, worked at his Ostrovki estate. Did not receive a systematic art education. Studied under Alexei Venetsianov, who lived in the nearby village of Safonkovo (from 1841, with intervals). Painted landscapes and portraits for his landowner and icons under the guidance of Alexei Venetsianov (1847). Married Alexandra Nesterova and settled in the village of Pokrovskaya (1852). Sentenced to corporal punishment for taking part in peasant disorders (early i86os). Committed suicide (1864).