Born in 1950, Tambov.
Education
Graduated from the Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering and the Russian-American School of Business and Administration at the Tambov Technical University.
He is a Doctor of Economics and holds a PhD in Chemistry.
Experience
From 1972 to 1981: worked as an engineer and a senior researcher at the R&D Institute of Chemicals for Polymeric Materials in Tambov.
From 1981 to 1991: head of the district authorities and subsequently of the city authorities in the Tambov Region.
From 1991 to 1995: deputy head and then first deputy head of the administration of the Tambov Region.
From March until December 1995: head of the administration of the Tambov Region.
From 1996 to 1998: head of the department of the Federal Treasury for the Tambov Region.
1998 and 1999: presidential plenipotentiary envoy to the Tambov Region.
Since 1999: head of the administration of the Tambov Region.