Education
In 1960 he graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Luhansk.
In 1960 he graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Luhansk.
In 1945 he began his career in junior football for Dynamo Moscow. Then for three years he served in the military club OBO Lviv. After demobilization he returned to Moscow, where he was player of Lokomotiv Moscow.
In 1956, as a result of severe injuries he was forced to end his playing career and began an illustrious coaching career.
From 1958, he coached the Ukrainian clubs Zirka Kirovohrad, Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv and Desna Chernihiv. In 1963, he worked as a manager of the club Karpaty Lviv, and later helped train Dynamo Kiev.
In the years 1966-1967 he led the club Football Club Zorya Luhansk, then became director of Lokomotiv Moscow. From September 1968 to May 1969 he worked on the staff training team of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, and later became Assistant Director of the Football Association Sports Committee of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, where he worked until June 1970.
After managing Zenit Leningrad in 1973, he was the Soviet national team coach.
He then ran Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Makhachkala and Dynamo Moscow. In the years 1980-1983 he re-trained, and from 1986-1988 he worked as a coach at the School of Sports of Lokomotiv Moscow. He died on July 13 1999 in Moscow.