After leaving school has left on a Komsomol set in fleet. Five years served on torpedo boats on the Baltic and Tichookeansky fleet.

In 1966 has finished the Moscow polygraphic institute, was engaged in industrial design, book drawings.

Since 1967 - the art editor of Publishing house of Central Committee VLKSM "Molodaja Gvardija", was engaged in decorating and an illustration of huge number of editions on popular scientific, science-fiction, military - patriotic, sea and sports subjects, the art and adventure literature, almanacs and series "Podvig", "Poezija", "Strela", "Evricka", etc.

Hobby of all life - boating, jachts sports. Projected and built boats and yachts.