Since childhood, he loved to draw, graduated from art school, and in the ninth grade he learned about the existence of the Moscow Architectural Institute and began attending preparatory courses.

[3][4] Under Kuzmin, many significant changes took place in the appearance of Moscow: the transformation of Manezhnaya Square and the appearance of the Peter the Great Statue, the demolition and re-construction of the Voentorg building and the Hotel Moskva, the concept of restoring the Manezhnaya Square, the development of the territory of Khodynka Field and the layout of Tsaritsyno Park.

In April 2010, he defiantly left the hearings of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, dedicated to criticism of the general plan for the development of Moscow until 2025.

127-r, he was appointed General Director of OJSC Kucherenko Central Research Institute of Structures Construction.

[10] On April 17, 2014, he was elected by the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, and on May 28, 2014, he was approved by Order of the Government of Russia as President of the RAASN.