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Painter. Born in the family of Alexander Zverev in the village of Sima in Vladimir Province (1883). Studied under Grigory Bobrovsky at the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and under Dmitry Kardovsky at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1906–12). Member of the Fellowship of Independents (1911–17), Community of Artists (1917–23), Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (1923–32) and the Union of Artists (1932). Taught at the studios of Jacob Goldblat in Petrograd (1913–15) and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia in Leningrad (1926–28). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1911).