Selected dates:
1918
At the age of 14, he was accepted as an exception to the Vitebsk Folk Art School, a student of M. Chagall and M. Dobuzhinsky in the watercolor class.
1918-1919
A student and apprentice of El Lissitzky in his Vitebsk architectural studio.
1920
A student and follower of Kazimir Malevich, one of the founders of UNOVIS, heads the UNOVIS Architectural Studio.
1922-1928
Heads the architectural laboratory of GINHUK.
1940s
Chief Architect of the Mekhanobr Institute. Lecturer, Professor of the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture.
November 22, 1986
Died in Leningrad.