Born on September 16, 1957 in Moscow. A doctor by education. Has experience in emergency medicine. Currently retired, an auto traveler. He has experience of car trips with expeditions and independently in a variety of climatic conditions: from the "Pole of Cold" to the Oymyakon in Yakutia in Russia and to the sands of the Sahara Desert in Morocco and Mauritania. He appreciates good cuisine and cooks well himself.