 He received a silver medal for his work in 1899.From 1903 to 1910, he continued his training at the graduate school of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts with Alexander Kiselyov.Upon graduating he was awarded the title of "Artist" for his painting "Old Age" and, shortly after, was given the Yendogurov Prize (named after the landscape painting brothers, Sergey and Ivan Yendogurov), which was presented by the Academy.