| 1981 |
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1911 - 1914 |
Studied at the Kazan School of Art |
| 1917 |
Co-organized the Union of Painters |
| 1918 - 1922 |
Worked in the Department of Fine Arts of the Commissariat for the People’s Education |
| 1924 |
Started taking photographs |
| 1925 |
Trip to Paris as one of the designers of the Soviet section of the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” |
| 1928 - 1932 |
Worked on a series of photo documentaries |
| 1930 |
Delivered a series of lectures on photography at the Institute of Printing |
| 1935 - 1941 |
Photo documentary of the sports parade on Red Square |
| 1944 |
Head artist in the House of Technology |
| 1956 |
Dead on 3 December in Moscow |