Born:
Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 1978.

Work:
The Hermitage Museum – since 2001
Curator of the Educational Programs on the Middle Eastern art.
The Museum of anthropology and Ethnology (Kunstkammer) – since 2008
Free lance specialist on Middle Eastern Edged Arms and Amour.

Education:
PhD on History and Ethnology – 2008:
Post-graduature studies – The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology (Kunstkammer):
Saint-Petersburg: Paper defending – Moscow State University.
The Saint-Petersburg State University, the Oriental Studies Faculty – 1996-2002:
Muster Degree on the Oriental Culture and History – 2002;
Bachelor Degree on Iranian Philology – 2000.