Born in Russia. Started in the art department in Soviet films in 1946 with MICHURIN / LIFE IN BLOOM. Subsequent film credits include SUD CHESTI / THE COURT OF HONOR (1949), SMELYE LYUDI / THE HORSEMEN (1950), PRZHEVALSKY (1951), VIKHRI VRAZHDEBRIYE / HOSTILE WHIRLWINDS (1953), PERVYY ESHELON / THE FIRST ECHELON and GEROITE NA SHIPKA / HEROES OF SHIPKA (both 1955), KOMMUNIST (1958), KAZAKI / THE COSSACKS (1961), GUSARSKAYA BALLADA / BALLAD OF A HUSSAR (1962), the monumental four-part VOYNA I MIR / WAR AND PEACE (1965-1967), STARIKI-RAZBOYNIKI / OLD MEN: ROBBERS (1971), NEVEROYATNYE PRIKLYUCHENAYA ITALYANTSEV V ROSSII / UNBELIEVABLE ADVENTURES OF ITALIANS IN RUSSIA (1974), KREPYSH (1982), GDE-TO PLACHET IVOLGA... / ORIOLE IS CRYING SOMEWHERE (1982), EVROPEYSKAYA ISTONIYA / EUROPEAN STORY (1984), LYUBIMETS PUBLIKI / THE FAVORITE (1985), V DEBRYAKH, GDE REKI BEGUT... (1987), and his last film, OCHISHCHENIYE / PURIFICATION (1990).  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1968: VOYNA I MIR (WAR AND PEACE) - Art Direction (w. Gennady Myasnikov) 1 nomination