Born June 16, 1894 in Zhytomyr. In 1912 he graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered Kiev University (graduated in 1917). After graduating from the university, he taught at the Evening Higher Women's Courses in Kyiv and at the same time worked at Chemical Laboratory of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1919–1920), headed by V.I. Vernadsky. From 1924 he was the technical manager of the chemical-pharmaceutical plant, an employee of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute (1924-1929).
In 1929 he moved to Tomsk, where he began work at the Department of Analytical Chemistry and later inorganic chemistry of Tomsk university. Since 1930 was Professor of Tomsk University, since 1935 - Professor of Central Asian University in Tashkent and Director of the Chemical Institute of the University. Since 1938 Doctor of Technical Sciences. Since 1944 - Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry of the Kazakh University in Almaty.
In 1946 he was elected a corresponding member, and since 1962 - a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR.
Died June 15, 1981 in Almaty.
Developed a quantitative theory of solutions. He showed that the so-called anomalous electrical conductivity is no exception, but a rule; proved the fallacy of the Ostwald dilution law to most solutions. Formulated a generalized theory of acids and bases. He found that systems in which chemical interaction takes place obey the laws of perfect solutions only if the composition is expressed due to equilibrium concentrations. Derived the equation of the dependence of non-collagenous properties of solutions (density, viscosity) on their composition.