PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: April 1, 1973, Chuguev, Kharkov region, UkSSR (Ukraine).
NATIONALITY: Ukrainian.
EDUCATION:
June 1990 – graduated from Komarov secondary school in Star City, Moscow region;
October 1995 – graduated from the Raskova Tambov Air Force school for pilots, specialization - command tactical bombers aviation.
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
from March 5, 1996 – a pilot ,executive officer for the commander of the command and retranslating squadron of special purpose aviation regiment 353 of special purpose aviation division 8 (Chkalovsk division).
DATE OF JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
July 28, 1997- by the State Interdepartmental Board decision selected for the cosmonauts corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut training center (group12);
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 – cosmonaut-tester.
RATING: - October 21, 1995 – 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: 1998 – an Air Force captain, cosmonaut-tester;

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