Selected dates:

May 22, 1948

Born in the village of Derevnaya (Slonimsky district, Grodno region, BSSR, today the Republic of Belarus).

1949

The family moved to Krasnodar, the homeland of the artist's mother, Vera Grigorievna, who fell seriously ill in Belarus, and passed away 6 years later. Mikola found out about the untimely death of his mother in the Crimean sanatorium, where he himself was treated for a long time after a serious injury.

1963–1964

He studied at the Krasnodar Art School under Budko.

1964–1969

He studies at the Krasnodar Art College at the painting and pedagogical department.

1969–1975

He studies at the Belarusian State Theater and Art Institute at the department of easel painting with Natan Voronov, Vladimir Sukhoverkhov, Vyacheslav Tyurin.

Since 1975

Exhibition participant.

1976–1981

He taught at the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute at the Department of Drawing and Painting of the Faculty of Architecture.

since 1980

Member of the painting section of the Union of Artists of the BSSR (today the Belarusian Union of Artists).

1986–2006

Member of the Nemiga-17 group (from 1999 to 2000 he was its chairman).