PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: November 11, 1971, Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk region, RSFSR (Russia).
NATIONALITY: Russian
EDUCATION:
1989 - graduated from Kamensk-Uralsky secondary school No.18;
1988 - 1989 – a cadet of the Serov Sverdlovsk aviation school;
July 25, 1994 - graduated from the Vershinin Barnaul Air Force pilots school, specialization - command tactical aviation and with engineer-pilot diploma;
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
July 31, 1989 to 1993 – a cadet of the Kharkov Gritsevts Air Force pilots school;
July 1, 1993 – transferred to the Vershinin Barnaul Air Force pilots school (because of the Soviet Union Armed Forces break up into Russian and Ukranian);
From 1994 – a senior pilot of Insterburgsk regiment 976of Borisoglebsk Air Force training center 1080;
From September 25, 1995 – at the command of Aviation Army 76 commander-in-chief of the front aviation;
from January 22, 1996 to July 27, 1997 – a senior pilot FAD 149 of Aviation Army 76 in Siversky.
DATE OF JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
July 28, 1997 - by the State Interdepartmental Board decision recommended for the enrollment in the cosmonauts corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut training center;
December 26, 1997- by The Russian Ministry of Defence order assigned for a position of cosmonaut-tester candidate of the Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut training center;
from December 22, 1999 – a cosmonaut-researcher.
RATING: – a third-class military pilot.
SPACE MISSION TRAINING:
January 16, 1998 to November 26, 1999- General space training;
December 1, 1999 – according to the State Interdepartmental Board decision given a cosmonaut-tester qualification;
from January 5, 2000 – ISS space mission team training.
CURRENT STATUS: 2000 – a Air Force major, cosmonaut-tester.

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