A participant of the Great Patriotic War. Served in Army since June 1941. Platoon commander, battery commander, commander of the 1st division of the Katyusha Guard Mortars of the 308th Guards mortar regiment, Lieutenant colonel; Passed the combat path from Moscow to Prague; participant in the Victory Day parade on Red Square on June 24, 1945; the commander of the banner company; Military awards: the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class, the Order of the Red Star, medals. After the war he worked in Krasnodar Territory ("Archive of documents on the personnel of the Krasnodar Territory")