Tankman of the 368th Guards Red Banner Tarnopol Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment. 1940-1942 - cadet of the Military Aviation School of Mechanics, Chelyabinsk; 1942 - drafted into the ranks of Red Army, sent to the Chelyabinsk Tank School; 1943-1945 - fought until the end of the Great Patriotic War as a driver-mechanic, Commander of the heavy self-propelled gun crew on the 1st and 4th Ukrainian Fronts.