1.    Date of birth: 19 April 1965

Place of birth:  Penza, the Russian Federation
Education:
1986 – Graduate of the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature, Penza State Pedagogical Institute named after V.G. Belinsky
1992-1996 – Postgraduate Programme in Russian Philology, Moscow Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

2005-2008 – Doctoral Programme in Russian Philology, Peoples’ Friendship University
Professional experience
1986-2012 – Teaching assistant, associate professor, professor at Penza State University
2012-present – Head of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language at Penza State University
1996 – Candidate of Philological Sciences
2011 – Doctor of Philological Sciences
Academic advisor of 2 dissertation, which was successfully defended.
Author of more than 200 scientific and educational publications, including 18 articles in the journals of the Russian Higher Attestation Commission.