Current position: head of Chair of World History and International Relations, Altai State University; director of Altai School of Political Studies; head of Altai Department of Russian Association of Political Science.
1974-1979 — University Diploma, Department of History, Altai State University.
1980-1985 — PhD student, Department of History, Leningrad State University.
1985 — PhD, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leningrad State University.
1993 — Doctor of Historical Sciences, St-Petersburg State University.
1994 — Professor, Altai State University.
Research fellowships and seminars: France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Spain, USA etc.