In 1944 he returned to Leningrad. In the second half of the 1940s-х — 1980-х performed in the technique of drawing and lithograph portraits of circus and theatre artists, famous people of creative professions (Д. Д. Шостакович, В. Д. Дудинцев, Д. А. Гранин), outstanding figures of Russian culture and world culture (Н. В. Гоголь, Ф. М. Достоевский, А. А. Блок, А. А. Ахматова, Б. Л. Пастернак, О. Уайльд, Ф. Кафка, М. Пруст, Ч. Чаплин, Ф. Леже, И. Монтан, С. Синьоре); has created a graphical "reportage" series (sketches of scenes, portraits of actors in role, the artists behind the scenes) to the face, cheeks, concert performances of the Moscow theatres (the Theatre, "Sovremennik" Theater of the Soviet Army) and foreign companies (national folk theatre, Paris; theatre of Budapest) on the orders of the Leningrad theatre of the Museum. He painted a series of works based on the novel by М. А. Булгакова "the Master and Margarita" (1972-1975).

in Parallel throughout life was engaged in painting; created still lifes, genre composition content, the portraits: "NEP" (the second half of 1920-х), "Ballerina" (1929), "the View from the window. Paris", "The Attic. Paris", "still life", "showcase", "Fish" (all — 1930), "Woman in winter coat", "Conductress", "Garden", "cottage Cheese" (all — 1930-е), "the House opposite" (1944), "Roses in a glass vase" (1948), "portrait of the artist В. В. Пакулина", "Girl-железнодорожница" (both — about 1950) and others.

Since 1923 — participant of exhibitions (exhibition of Petrograd artists of all directions in Petrograd). In the late 1920-х became friendly with the Association "Circle of artists", participated in 3-й the exhibition society in the halls of the Russian Museum (1929). Member LOSCH (XLP, the Leningrad Union of artists). Participated in the exhibitions: the portrait (1933), paintings by the Leningrad Regional House of artists (1933), autolithograph by Leningrad artists (1939), Leningrad artists (1941, 1945, 1947) in Leningrad; of works by Leningrad artists in Kiev (1938); "Young artists of the RSFSR" (1941), all-Union art exhibition (1946) in Moscow; "Leningrad graphics. 1941-1945" (1945 to 1946, traveling through the cities of the Ukrainian SSR); works of the Leningrad schedules in Riga, Tucuma, Liepaja (1946), Tallinn and Tartu (1946); "Leningrad book drawing" in Leningrad and Moscow (1947). Semenovoi his works were exhibited at international exhibitions: "Lithography 27 советских artists" in London (1961), "Modern Soviet art" in Munich (1965), "the Leningrad graphic workshop" in new-Йорке (1967), "Soviet graphics" in Stuttgart (1971). Held an exhibition of his theatrical sketches from the Leningrad House of cinema (1953).

Exhibits the works of the artist were held in St.-Петербурге (1993) and Moscow (2007).

Work is represented in several Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, the Museum of modern art in new-Йорке and others.