Born in Alexeevka village, Kamensky district, Penza region. In 1940 he graduated from school and worked as a teacher of math. 1941-02.1943 - a cadet of the Saratov Tank School. From March 1943 to May 9, 1945 - active army. "Baptism of fire" received at the Kursk Bulge, then the Volkhov Front and the liberation of Novgorod, the Karelian Isthmus, the Baltic States, a meeting on the Elbe with the allies. Participates in the liberation of Prague. "I saw everything that can be seen, went hand-to-hand, stood to death." He was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After the war, he graduated from the Physics and Mathematics of the Penza Pedagogical Institute. Works as a physics teacher and head teacher at Telegin secondary school