Graduated from Military Pilot School, Novosibirsk, 1955; Lieutenant Colonel, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1); in July 1960 his spinal column was injured, when he was swimming; retired of medical reasons on 06.03.1961; then he worked on in the Soviet Space Program most recently as a flight instructor for new cosmonauts within the TsPK; died on complications of brain bleeding after a home accident.