Education
Pedagogical University named after M. Gorky (1973), department of history and English language.
Work
1973-1976 — editor of the multi-circulation newspaper "Za Uchitelskiye Kadry" (For Teaching Personnel); 1976-1977 — reporter, deputy executive secretary of the city evening newspaper Nizhegorodsky Rabochiy (Nizhny Novgorod Worker); 1977-1979 — executive secretary of the regional youth newspaper "Leninskaya Smena (newspaper)" (Lenin's Shift). From 1979 to 1985 — staff correspondent of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" for the Gorky, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, Vladimir and Kostroma regions; 1985-1989 — deputy editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief of the regional youth newspaper "Leninskaya Smena (newspaper)"; 1990-1993 — editor-in-chief of the regional television studio. From 1991 to 2011 — editor-in-chief of the business weekly "Birzha (business weekly)" (Exchange). From 1992 to 2011 — director of the information and advertising agency "Birzha Plus" and editor-in-chief of the Birzha publications: "Birzha Plus Auto" (Auto), "Birzha Plus Svoy Dom" (Own Home), "Birzha (business weekly)" (Career), "Birzha Plus Finansy" (Finance), "Birzha Plus Torgovy Ryad" (Trade Row), "Internet-Lotsman" (Internet Pilot).
Hobbies
Cars, cycling, drawing (graphic art).