Born on August 18, 1954 in Drachenino, Leninsk-Kuznetsk District, Kemerovo Region.
1977: graduated from the Bauman Moscow Higher Engineering School.
1977-1978: assistant foreman, foreman at the Ufa Motor Building Production Association, Ufa.
1978-1986: engineer, junior researcher, senior researcher at the Ufa Aviation Institute
1986-1990: department head at the East branch of the All-Union Research Institute for the Construction of Long-Distance Pipelines, Ufa.
1990-1993: Chairman of the Commission on Environment and Rational Utilisation of Natural Resources, the Supreme Council of the Bashkir A.S.S.R., Ufa.
1993-1994: Director of the Institute of Applied Ecology and Nature Management, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa.
1994-1997: Minister of Environmental Protection and Emergencies, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa.
1997-1999: Minister for Civil Defence and Emergencies, Republic of Bashkortostan. 1999-2000: Head of the Department of Warning and Elimination of the Consequences of Emergencies, Ministry of Emergencies, Moscow.
2000-2003: Chief Federal Inspector for the Republic of Bashkortostan attached to the presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District, Nizhny Novgorod.
2003: Head of the Inter-Regional Inspection for Major Tax Payers at the Tax Ministry of Russia, Moscow.
2003-2004: Head of the Directorate for Major Tax Payers at the Tax Ministry of Russia, Moscow.