Born in 1913 in Varenikovskaya village, Krymsky District, Krasnodar Territory. He was drafted to the front in the first days of the war by the Varenikovsky regional military commissariat. He served in the 716th Rifle Regiment of the 157th Rifle Division with the rank of Second lieutenant. He died lile a hero on the Southern Front, defending the Crimea, on October 19, 1941. The burial place has not been found.