He was born on July 15, 1921, in the village of Vykhino, which is now part of Moscow, in the family of a peasant.
After graduating from a vocational school, he worked as a turner at the Serp i Molot factory in Moscow.
He joined the Red Army in 1940. In the same year, he graduated from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots and served as an instructor pilot.
He joined the active army in October 1942.
He served in the Air Force.
Senior pilot of the 271st Fighter Aviation Regiment (274th Fighter Aviation Division, 3rd Air Army, Kalinin Front), junior lieutenant.
Awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, the Order of the Red Star, medals.
A monument has been erected on the territory of the Serp i Molot plant. The Serp i Molot plant's health-improving summer camp, streets in Moscow and the village of Mokhovoye are named after the Hero.
The Hero's name is given to the College of Automation and Radioelectronics No. 27
and the College of Communications No. 54.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal on May 1, 1943