Selected dates:
1920–1921
He studied at the Vitebsk Folk Art School.
April 1921
He was accepted as a professor-head of the preparatory workshop of VNHU, being a student.
1922
Together with other students of Kazimir Malevich, he moved to Petrograd and entered the Academy of Arts.
1923
He moved to Moscow and entered the sculpture department of VKhUTEMAS.