Born in 1931 in Krasnodar, he from 1978 to 1981 regularly mailed written lectures on the study of Hebrew and Jewish history to ulpans in different cities of the Soviet Union. He wrote poems, songs and pamphlets on various topics. In 1981 he was arrested, charged of Zionist activity and in 1982 was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in the Gulag. In 1986 he was released from the camp in Perm. Went to Israel in 1992.
