[4] Later in 1955, facing strong competition against the rising star Vyacheslav Ivanov, he teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov.

[6] Tyukalov was a native of Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) and spent his entire life in the city.

He survived the Siege of Leningrad (1941–44), and during that time helped extinguish fires brought by German air raids.

He graduated with honors from the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry[1][4] and later designed a coat of arms for Saint Petersburg.

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