The young artist furthered his professional education at the Surikov Art Institute of the Soviet Academy of Arts in Moscow, studying under the well-known yet controversial painter Ilya Glazunov.
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On "Television Acquaintance" he interviewed well-known people, including Anatoly Karpov, Irina Rodnina, Ilya Glazunov and Alla Pugacheva.