He was born in
Kiev, in the Russian Empire, leaving home at age 17 to go to
Odessa. He had a difficult academic career, not completing his first degree and constantly being troubled by
anti-semitic discrimination. His supervisor was
Nikolai Chebotaryov. He was awarded the
Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1982 (jointly with
Hassler Whitney), but was not allowed to attend the ceremony.
David Milman,
Mark Naimark,
Israel Gohberg,
Vadym Adamyan,
Mikhail Livsic and other known mathematicians were his students. He died in Odessa. ==Legacy==