Aleksander (Sacha) Palkinas was born in 1945 in Ivanov, Russia.
He died in 2004 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
He graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Ivanov.

In 1975 he came to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he regained fame as a painter of the old city, still lifes, portraits and landscapes. All in the tradition of the Russian School.

He was technically very talented, which gave him the possibility to develop his talents in various directions.