Senior Sergeant. Infantryman, Tankman. Took part in the liberation of the European countries. He celebrated Victory Day at the walls of the defeated Reichstag. He was seriously wounded in battle. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War; the Medals "For Liberation of Prague" and "For Capture of Berlin". In peacetime he received the Order of Lenin and the Medal "For Labor Merit".