| 12 feb 1925 | born in Rostov-Yaroslavsk father: Nikolai Petrovich mother: Anastasia Ivanovna |
| ~ 1930 | first musical influence by grandfather Piotr Naumov, self educated harmonica and folk music player; with him first public performances |
| 1934 | first piano lessons with Anna Arseneva; first attempts to compose |
| ~ 1938 |
begins studies at Gnesin Institute; harmony and theory with Valentina Taranushchenko, |
| 1940 |
consultations in Moscow with Alexander Goldenweiser and Samuil Feinberg enters Gnesin Institute, dpt for theory and composition |
| 1941 | enters Tchaikovsky Conservatory into the class of Shebalin; can however not begin studies because of outbreak of war |
| 1941 - 44 | interruption of studies in Moscow; goes to school in his hometown Rostov |
| 1944 |
start of studies at Tchaikovsky Conservatory: later enters class of Heinrich Neuhaus |
| 1950 |
piano exam at Tchaikovsky Conservatory composition exam at Tchaikovsky Conservatory;begins to compose seriously, producing a.o. a cantata, a symphony, a string quartet, lieders, piano pieces... |
| 1953 |
marriage with Irina Ivanovna, fellow student in Neuhaus' class death of his father begins to teach at Gnesin Institute on invitation of its director Sinovy Finkelstein |
| ~ 1954 | invited to work as Neuhaus' assistant, together with his son Stanislav Neuhaus and Evgeni Malinin |
| 1955 | gets his own piano class at Tchaikovsky Conservatory with own students |
| 1960 | his song "Alenusha" is imposed work at the vocal section of Tchaikovsky Competition |
| 10 oct 1964 | death of H.Neuhaus; his assistants S.Neuhaus, Malinin and Naumov continue to teach his class |
| 1966 | title "Merited Artist of RSFSR" |
| 1967 | status of "docent" at Tchaikovsky Conservatory |
| 1976 | status of "professor" at Tchaikovsky Conservatory |
| 1978 | title of "Merited Arts Worker of RSFSR" |
| 24 jan 1980 | death of Stanislav Neuhaus; Naumov takes over most of his students |
| ~ 1985 |
steadily growing number of invitations to give masterclasses worldwide invitations to piano juries, among them:Van Cliburn in Texas, Tchaikovsky in Moscow, UNISA in Pretoria,... |
| 26 feb 2004 | Naumov's wife Irina dies in Moscow |
| 21 aug 2005 | Naumov dies in Moscow |