Born on June 9, 1954, in Ulan-Ude, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
1980: graduated from the Far Eastern Admiral Nevelskoi Higher Naval Engineers School.
1997: graduated from the Russian Government's Economic Academy.
Has a degree in Water Transport Engineering, Economics and Management; PhD.
1971-1972: joiner at the Far Eastern Admiral Nevelskoi Higher Naval Engineers School, Vladivostok.
1973-1975: served in the Soviet Armed Forces.
1975-1980: cadet at the Far Eastern Admiral Nevelskoi Higher Naval Engineers School in Vladivostok.
1980-1984: production engineer, head of Pier No. 6 and head of the Vladivostok seaport's container department.
1984-1988: chief engineer and head of the Moscow-Kursk cargo-handling section, Moscow.
1988-1991: leading engineer and chief expert at the Moscow-based department for organising the work of the USSR Merchant Marine Ministry's ports.
1991-1995: chief expert, Head of Sub-Department and Department of Port Activity and Interdepartmental Relations at the Russian Transport Ministry's Maritime Transport Department.
1995-2004: CEO of MorTsentr-TEK Co. in Moscow.
2004-2005: Adviser to the Russian Federation's Transport Minister.
2005: Director of the Russian Transport Ministry's Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Railway, Sea, and Inland Water Transport.
September 3, 2005: appointed Head of the Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport.