[2][3] Shmarov was born on 14 August 1945, village Zholoby, Vinnytsia Oblast.

He participated in the creation of control systems of several generations of strategic missiles and spacecraft, including the complex "Energia-Buran".

[5] In 1988–1992 he was a director of Zhulyany Machine-Building Plant which produces controlled surface-to-air missile for S-300 systems.

[9] From 2002–2005 he was a Director-General of the State company of export and import of products and services for military and special purposes "Ukrspetsexport".

[10] Beginning in 1998, Shmarov worked at the National Aviation University as an associate professor, then professor, and director of the Aerospace Institute of National Aviation University (beginning 2005).