Born in 1927 in the family of a worker. He started working at one of the
Saratov plants, where he worked as a planer and, then, as an electrician. After graduating from the Saratov State University, he was on the leading
Komsomol work as a division head of the Saratov Regional Committee of
VLKSM (Komsomol), and the editor of a provincial youth newspaper
“Komsomolets”. From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a head of the Press Section and, then, as a head deputy of the
Propaganda and Agitation Division of the Central Committee of VLKSM. At the later phase of his life, he was an Editor-in-Chief deputy and Editor-in-Chief for three Soviet magazines including
"Filateliya SSSR" (1968–1974). == See also ==