Bass singer. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, winner of the USSR State Prize in 1950.
He received his musical education at the Kharkiv Music and Drama Institute.
He was a soloist at opera and ballet theaters in Kharkiv (1930-1935), Kyiv (1935-1941 and 1944-1958), and Tbilisi (1941-1944).
In addition to the roles of Vybornyi (Natalka Poltavka by M. Lysenko), Kryvonis and Pototskyi (Bohdan Khmelnytskyi by K. Dankevych), Tsangala (Daisy by Z. Paliyashvili), etc.
