Graphic artist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR. People’s Artist of Kazakhstan.

Born on July 26, 1921 in Medvezhye village, Chelyabinsk Governorate, RSFSR.

In June 1941, he graduated with honors from the Sverdlovsk Art School and was drafted into the Soviet Army later that year. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class. After the war, he settled in Alma-Ata (Almaty), where he dedicated his life and artistic practice to Kazakhstan.

He began his career at the Kazakhfilm studio. From 1947, he worked as an illustrator of textbooks, primers, and children’s books, many of which continue to be reprinted today.

From 1955 to 1962, he served as chief art editor at Kazgoslitizdat (later Zhazushy Publishing House), overseeing the design and illustration of hundreds of books in Russian, Kazakh, and Uyghur languages. He also illustrated Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1969 collection “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”.

In the 1960s, he emerged as a mature master of easel graphics, creating major graphic series.

He became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR in 1959. He later served as a board member of the Artists’ Union of Kazakhstan, Chairman (1962–1965), and Deputy Chairman (1964–1972). In 1980, he became the first graphic artist in Kazakhstan to be awarded the title People’s Artist of Kazakhstan. He also received the Medal “For Labour Distinction” (1959) and the Medal “For Labour Valour” (1976).

His works are held in major museum collections, including the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow), the T. Shevchenko Art Gallery (Almaty), and museums in Kyrgyzstan, Milan, Washington, Berlin, and Prague, as well as in the Museum of the Defense of Moscow and the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945).

His works are also held in numerous private collections worldwide.

He passed away on December 17, 2001 in Almaty.