[1][2] Born August 4, 1888, in Buguruslan, Russia, Charchoune lived most of his life in France where he died in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges on November 24, 1975.
[3] He deserted and in 1912, he went to Paris where he quickly became interested in the Cubist Movement, studying under Henri Le Fauconnier.
[5] During the war, he took refuge in Barcelona where he met the painters Albert Gleizes, Marie Laurencin, and Francis Picabia.
He attended Dadaist meetings at the café Certá and participated in Dada demonstrations, notably the "Trial of Barrès" organized by André Breton.
He founded the Dadaist group Palata poetov[6] and in 1921 wrote Foule immobile: poème, arguably his most significant contribution to the movement.