1937 graduated Kiev University.
Since 1928 worked as a joiner on Dnieper Construction Project, where he ran a literature club and worked on newspaper “Proletar Dniprobudu” (Proletarian at the Dneprostroy). 1941-1945 partisan member and on staff organizing partisan movement in Ukrainia. 1958 elected Bureau member, Communist Party Committee, Kiev Department, Ukrainia Union of Writers.
Member, Communist Party, since 1931.
Member, Communist Party, since 1931.