Date of birth: 03.02.1952

Place of birth: Petrozavodsk

Education:

• 1974 - Petrozavodsk State University, the faculty of Civil Engineering
• 1987 - The Post-graduate course of the Institute of the Economy of Construction of Gosstroy USSR

The Candidate of economic sciences.

Carier:

• 1974-1978 - an engineer, senior engineer, the chief of the department of Kostamukshastroy Management
• 1978-1982 - the work at Trade Representative of USSR in Finland
• 1982-1983 - the substitute of the chief of the capital construction management of Kostomuksha mining - ore mill
• 1983-1985 - the work in Kostomuksha executive committee of the town Council
• 1985-1987 - the work in Kostomuksha town committee of CPSU
• 1987-1992 - The Chairman of the State Statistics Committee of Karelia
• 1992-1994 - The Substitute of the Head of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Karelia
• 1994-2002 - The Minister of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Karelia
• 2002 - The Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Karelia

Marital Status: He is married and has two children.

Hobbies: philately, theatre, cinema, dogs.

Knowledge of languages: Russian, English, Finnish.