Born January 1, 1959 in Novinka village in the Volgograd Region's Zhirnovsky District.

Education

1988: Graduated from Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy.

1991: Completed a full-time post-graduate course.

2000: Graduated from the Russian Presidential State Service Academy and received a degree in State and Municipal Administration and Management.

PhD (Technology).

Experience

1975-1979: Cadet of the Tyumen Higher Command Military Engineering School.

1979-1983: Served with the Engineer Corps in the Far Eastern Military District.

1983-1986: Senior officer at civil defence headquarters in Kungur, the Perm Region.

1986-1991: Completed a full-time post-graduate course at Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy.

1991-1994: Deputy Head Master and Senior Civil Defence Lecturer.

1994-1995: Laboratory head, deputy head and head of a military unit section.

1995-1997: Headed an R&D directorate at the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defence and Emergencies Situations.

1997-1999: Deputy Head of the Department for Protection of the Population and Territories at the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.

1999-2006: Deputy Head, Head and Director, Civil Defence Department, Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.

2006-2007: Head, Northwestern Regional Centre, Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.

2007– May 2012: State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief.

May 21, 2012: Appointed Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief by Presidential Executive Order.