Branch of military: Artillery Division: 45th rifle division of the NKVD convoy troops He was born on August 25, 1923 in the village of Vasilyevka, Terbunsky district, Lipetsk region. A year before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he graduated from high school. Since childhood, I had dreamed of aviation. In July 1941, he was sent to the 8th military pilot school. Training flights mastered over the Volga steppes, preparing for combat service. But by the will of fate, the recent Aviator became an artilleryman and as part of the combined cadet regiment of the 45th rifle division performed the duties of a scout, protecting the territory of the Stalingrad plant "Red October". He participated in the battles on the Stalingrad, don, South-Western, and 1st Belorussian fronts. In October 1944, he was sent to study at the Smolensk artillery school, from which he graduated in December 1945. Remained in the military service. In 1957, he graduated with honors from the Military and political Academy. From October 1957 to May 1960, he was editor of the newspaper of the 20th guards motor rifle division in the group of Soviet troops in Germany. Since September 1963, he was a teacher, a senior teacher at the Tambov Raskova air force Academy, the Tambov higher military aviation engineering school named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky, and worked at the Tambov party school. Since October 1988-Chairman of the Committee of war veterans of the Tambov region. He was awarded the orders of the Patriotic War II degree, red Star, Glory III degree, medals "for bravery", "for military merit", "for the defense of Stalingrad" and others. Lives in Tambov.