Born in Moscow, USSR, Senkevich studied Indian literature at Institute of Oriental Languages.

From 1970 he works for Gorky Institute of World Literature.

He translated many works of eminent Hindi poets of 20th-century: Ashok Vajpeyi, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Ganga Prasad Vimal, Harivanshrai Bachchan, Raghuvir Sahay, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena.

Senkevich is author of over 100 articles, many books and brochures.

[1] Senkevich is a member of Union of Russian Writers.