Tashkent Province
He was born in Kolkhoz "Politodel" in the Tashkent Province of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in a family of ethnic Koreans. First was Uzbekistan National University of Sport in 1967, as a boxing coach. Second was Tashkent National Institute of Culture in 1985, as orchestra conductor and classical guitarist. On a professional scene he is from 1967 in Uzbekistan National Estrada with People's Artist of the USSR – Bakir Zakirov and in a gypsy ensemble.