1834, d. Kondrakova Laishevsky County Kazan province - 1902, Nice

Painter, genre artist, history painter. Studied at the Kazan Grammar School and Kazan University. Left the University to join the Simbirsk Home Guard during the Crimean War (1854-1855). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1856-1861). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1858). First-class artist (1861), fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy (1862-1868). Academician (1868), professor (1871). Founding member of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (1870). Taught at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1878-1889), headed the history painting class (from 1883).