Danil Petrovich was born in 1932 in the village of Mozyamy, Beryozovsky District, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous-Okrug – Yugra. Danil Petrovich early left without parents and was brought up by relatives. After the army, he moved to live in the Polnovat settlement with his uncle. Danil Petrovich got married and worked on a collective farm. He was a party worker.