Since 2009, he has been an Honoured Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He is a painter and a graphic artist, ( the master of etching, aquatint; watercolour, pastel and drawing). In 1996, he was the winner of the Salavat Yulaev State Prize of the Republic of Bashkortostan. In 2009, he became the owner of a silver award in “Spirituality, traditions, craftsmanship” given by the Secretariat of Union of Artists of the Russian Federation. Since 1991, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (Russia). In 2006, he received a diploma from the Academy of Arts of Russia, as well as the Gold Medal of the X Regional Art Exhibition “Ural” (2008, Chelyabinsk). In 2012, he received gratefulness from the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation. The works of the artist take place in public museums, art galleries, private collections in Russia and abroad.