In 1876 he entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers, from which he graduated in 1881 with the first category.

In 1890, under the leadership of Kandinov, the building of the Winter Club was built in Baku.

On 25 May 1912, Kandinov was elected a full member of the Ryazan Scientific Archive Commission.

In the same year, Kandinov built an extension to the main building of the Ryazan Diocesan Women School, which housed additional classrooms.

[6] On 23 May 2020, the historic wooden house in which Kandinov lived (Ryazan, 62 Svobody Street) was demolished.