He was born on July 13, 1964 in Moscow region. 

Graduated from the Moscow State Forest University in 1986.

1986 – 1991 – Engineer, Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of All-Union Research Institute of Chemicalization of Forestry (Ivanteevka, Moscow region)

1991 – Senior Researcher of the Department of the Moscow Branch of the Central Institute for Advanced Studies of Leading Workers and Specialists of the USSR Ministry of Atomic Energy (Moscow)

1991 – 1993 – Leader of the group MGIIP “Vozrozhdenie”

1993 – 2000 – Senior Engineer, Senior Specialist, Deputy Head, Head of the Department of the Federal Forestry Service of Russia

2000 – 2005 – Deputy Head of Department of the Ministry of Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

2005 – 2008 – Adviser to the Department of Social Development and Environment of Government of the Russian Federation

2008 – 2010 – Director of Forestry Department, Director of the Department of Forestry and Hunting of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

2010 – to the present – Deputy Head of Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation