Education

Stavropol Higher Military Command School (1972); Kiev State University (1982), Faculty of History.

Previous places of work

1968-1998 — service in the Armed Forces of Russia, officer, lieutenant colonel; 2001-2002 — deputy minister, director of the department of culture and art of Nizhny Novgorod Region, since 2004 editor-in-chief of the "BIKAR" publishing house

Key facts of activity

Author of 45 books of prose and non-fiction, including the novels and novellas "Brothers", "Alyona of Arzamas", "Alexander the Great", "The Yaroslavichs", "Prisoners of Badaber Fortress", "One's Own Track", "Three Days of Lieutenant Dronov" and others.

Honorary title

Laureate of the Prize of the City of Nizhny Novgorod. Laureate of the national prizes named after Generalissimo A. Suvorov and General Skobelev, and of the international prize "Imperial Culture"

Membership in public, scientific and other organizations, affiliation with parties, associations

Member of the Union of Writers of Russia. Member of the Russian Historical Society.

Foreign language

German

Hobbies

Painting, literature.

See also

  • Russian Historical Society