Born March 24, 1951, in Petrozavodsk
Education:
1973: Marshal Nedelin Higher Command Military School in Rostov
1984: Dzerzhinsky Military Academy
1993: General Staff Military Academy
Cand.Sc. (Engineering), professor
1968-2007: military service, Russian Armed Forces
2007-2008: Head of Defence and Security Programs Economy Department at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
2008-2009: Head of Economic Preparedness Activity and Government Defence Order Department at the Government's Military-Industrial Commission.
March 17, 2009: appointed Director of the Government Department for Support of the Government's Military-Industrial Commission.
Awarded the Distinguished Military Service Order, Service to the Fatherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR Order 3rd class, Red Star Order, etc.