He served in the Army since July 1941; He raised from a Private signalman to First Sergeant. Gun commander of the High Command reserve No.1672. Participated in the crossing of the Dnieper, the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia. Awarded of the title Hero of the Soviet Union (May 1945) for distinctions shown in battles during the West Carpathian offensive operation, the liberation of Poland. After the war he worked as a deputy chairman, chairman of the Ust-Labinsky, Rogovsky, Plastunovsky regional executive commissions of the Krasnodar Territory, the lawyer of the Ust-Labinsky People's Court ("Archive of documents on the personnel of the Krasnodar Territory")