1919
Born in an engineer's family in the city of Engel's, Saratov on Feb. 22.
1930
Moving to Leningrad with his family.
1940
Admitted to Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts (Repin Academy of Fine Arts for short). Studying under Kotov, Niklice and Rudnev.
1941
Transferred to Department of Oil Painting; studying under Oblinsky, Naumov and Fugel.
1945
Participating in the defensive war for Leningrad after the War of Defending the Soviet Union took place.
1946
Awarded the medals of "Protecting Leningrad" and "Working for the Great War of Defending the Soviet Union». Graduating from Repin Academy of Fine Arts. Joining Russian Federal Association of Artists, Leningrad Branch. Invited to create inlaid paintings for Moscow Soviet Palace.
1947
Transferred to Repin Academy of Fine Arts, and accomplishing graduate studies under Galabaly. Participating in All Soviet Exhibition "marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet Lenin Communist League".
1948-1950
Elected Chairman of the Oil Painting Committee of Russian Federal Association of Artists, Leningrad Branch.
1951
Winning Soviet National Prize for his work On the Peaceful Champaign.
1953
Elected Vice-chairman of Russian Federal Association of Artists, Leningrad Branch. Teaching Section of Oil Painting and Creation, Repin Academy of Fine Arts.
1954-1955
Elected Council member of Russian Association of Artists. Creating inlaid fresco Bumper Harvest for "Vladimir" Station of Leningrad Subway.
1957
Winning Silver Medal of Soviet Department of Culture for his painting Awakening. Elected representative to the first Soviet Artists' Conference. Awarded the title of professor in Repin Academy of Fine Arts. Participating in All Soviet Exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution and Soviet Art Exhibition held in Beijing, China.
1958
Elected President of the Council of Soviet Artists' Association. Participating in the Exhibition Tour of Soviet artists' works; Modeling Art Exhibition of socialist countries; Memorial Exhibition for "200th anniversary of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts" in Leningrad; Exhibition of Leningrad Artists1 Works; "Exhibition of Soviet Artistic works" in East Berlin.
1959
Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition; All Soviet Art Exhibition Tour; "Soviet Art Exhibition" in East Berlin; Soviet Art Exhibition in Egypt.
1960
Elected Member of Peace Keeping Committee of Leningrad State. Leading Memorial Oil Painting Studio in Repin Academy of Fine Arts.
1961
Participating in the 16th Art Exhibition in Venice. Accomplishing the creation of hard hanging painting V. I. Lenin in the Meeting Hall of the Kremlin. Participating in the exhibition of paintings of formal academicians and correspondent academicians in Leningrad Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1962
Winning the medal of "Honor". Elected correspondent academician of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts at the 19th Representative Conference of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts. Completing the large-scale fresco Children and Theatre and Children and Knowledge for Children's Theater in Leningrad. Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition of Paintings and Leningrad Artists' Exhibition of Paintings.
1963
Awarded the title of Russian Federal Exploit Artist. Leading the Memorial Oil Painting Creation Studio of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1964
Creating inlaid painting V. I. Lenin. Participating in the Exhibition of Leningrad Region and Leningrad Artists' exhibition of paintings.
1965
Participating in the Second Republic Exhibition "Soviet Russia"; the exhibition of paintings created by the academicians and correspondent academicians of the 4th Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1965-1969
Participating in Soviet Art Exhibition held in Egypt.
1966-1967
Elected formal academician of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts at the 23rd Representative Conference of the Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts. Participating in the modeling art exhibition held in Afghanistan.
1967
Participating in the exhibition "marking the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution"; Leningrad Artists' Exhibition of paintings marking the 50th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution.
1968
Awarded the title of the People's Artist of Russian Federation. Participating in Leningrad Artists' Exhibition of paintings; Exhibition "marking the 50th anniversary of Soviet School of Fine Arts"; Soviet Art Exhibition in Bulgaria.
1969
Working for the Soviet Lenin and National Prize Granting Committee. Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition; the exhibition of "Our Contemporary Generations" in Leningrad.
1970
Participating in the 4th Republic "Soviet Russia" Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of Lenin's Birth, and winning the certificate of merit granted by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Russian Federation. His works To Lenin and The Scene of Our Motherland present at Leningrad Artists' Exhibition of Paintings.
1971
Participating in Soviet Modeling Art Exhibition held in Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Romania.
1972
Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition "My Soviet Motherland" marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet Union; the exhibition of "All Soviet People's Yesterday and Today" showing teaching and graduation works of Soviet art colleges.
1973-1974
Participating in the Art Exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of All Russia Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1974
Awarded honorary certificate of National Defense Red Flag Headquarters by both Feningrad City and Feningrad State for his remarkable contribution to patriotic military education for college students. Participating in International Exhibition of Soviet Modeling Art held in Italy, France and Hungary.
1975
Elected President of the council of Soviet Association of Artists.
His painting Farewell winning the honorary certificate granted by General Bureau of Culture of Feningrad Executive Committee. Participating in the Art Exhibition "marking the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Great War of Defending the Soviet Union won by Soviet people"; the 5th Republic Exhibition of Paintings " Soviet Russia"; International Art Exhibition held in East Berlin.
1976
Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition "Glorious Work" celebrating the 25th Soviet Communist Representative Conference. The exhibition of paintings created by both formal and corespondent academicians of the 12th Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts; Leningrad Modeling Art Exhibition held in Moscow.
1977
His painting Farewell winning Soviet National Prize. Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition "Advancing Along Lenin's Road" marking the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution; the exhibition of paintings of both formal and correspondent academicians of the 13th Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts; Literary Art Week of Russian Federation held in Estonia.
1977-1978
Participating in the Exhibition "To the Fighting Process" marking the 60th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution(co-sponsored by Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts and East Germany Art Research Institute, and shown in East Berlin and Moscow); Exhibition of Soviet Portraits held in Moscow.
1978
Winning the National Prize of Russian Federation for his large-scale inlaid fresco created for the Memorial Hall commemorating the brave soldiers defending Leningrad ( as the leader of the creation collective). Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition "60 years of Heroic Fight".
1979
Awarded Lenin Medal at the age of 60 for his contribution to the development of Soviet Modeling Art. Participating in the International Exhibition of Soviet Art held in Japan and Bulgaria.
1980
Participating in the 6th All Soviet Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia"; regional exhibition of the works created by Leningrad artists.
1981
Spanish Triptych Painting winning Gold Medal granted by Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts. Elected president of the council of Russian Federal Artists' Association at the 5th Conference of Russian Federal Artists' Association Winning certificate of Soviet National Economic Results Exhibition for his perennial effective work in fostering advanced specialized talents of modeling art. Joining the Russian Cultural Delegation to Australia; holding one-man art exhibition in Vienna.
1982
Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition "Motherland"; Memorial Art Exhibition "marking the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts"; the art exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Russian Federal Association of Artists, Leningrad Branch.
1983
Elected President of the council of Soviet Association of Fine Arts.
1984
Winning Lenin Prize for his Spanish Triptych Painting. Elected Chairman of Reconstruction Committee of Amber House of Kajelina Palace, Pushkin city; present at the Artists' Representative Conference in East Germany and the Cultural Workers' Representative Conference in Finland.
1985
Awarded Memorial Medal of " marking the 40th Anniversary of the victory of the Great War Defending Soviet Union". Participating in the Art Exhibition celebrating the 27th Representative Conference of the Soviet Communist Party; regional art exhibition of Leningrad artists.
1986
Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition of "The Great Artist in the Struggle for Peace".
1987
Elected President of Soviet Cultural Foundation, Leningrad Branch.
Creating the oil painting Tranquility. Participating in All Soviet Art Exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution; the exhibition of paintings created by the academicians and correspondent academicians of the 15th Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts; the art exhibition " Artists and Times"; the art exhibition "The Artists in the Struggle for Peace"; the exhibition of "Leningrad Memorial Art" and the international art exhibitions held in Germany, Australia and France.
1988
Creating the oil painting Crying. Present at the 15th Conference of Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts; the 7th Representative Conference of Soviet Artists.
1989
Elected one of the first Soviet People's representatives of the Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts (till 1991). Holding one-man art exhibition for his 70th birthday in Russian Museum and Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1990
Awarded the honorary title of Socialist Working Hero; winning Lenin Medal and the Gold Medal "Sickle and Hammer."
1991
Awarded the title of Honorary Professor by China Central Academy of Fine Arts; giving lessons to teachers in China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Creating the variant painting Crying.
1992
Holding art exhibition for his 75th birthday in the Museum of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts and the Picture Gallery of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1994
Awarded the title of Honorary Citizen by the city of Engel.
1995
His painting Crying on show at the art exhibition of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts (the former Soviet Research Institute of Fine Arts).
Creating the oil painting Crucifixion.
1997
Elected Vice-president of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts at the conference celebrating the 240th anniversary of the establishment of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts. Participating in the exhibition of paintings created by academicians and corespondent academicians of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts; holding one- man art exhibition in the city of Engel; holding art exhibitions with his students in China.
1998
Participating in the art exhibition marking the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Leningrad-Petrograd Artists' Association. Presenting his sketches as gifts to the Museum of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts.
1999
Awarded Third-class Medal "Motherland Exploit". Holding one-man art exhibition for his 80th birthday in Russian Museum and the Museum of Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts; holding the art exhibition "A. A. Mylnikov and His Students" in the city of Engel and the exhibition of paintings in Modern Art Museum. Presenting his sketches and oil paintings to some museums.