He specializes in the history and culture of South-East Asia and translates literary works from Malay and Indonesian into Russian and vice versa.

[2] In 1964–1965 he worked as a teacher of German in Krasnokommunarskaya 8-year school at Sakmarskaya Station.

In 1965–1970 years he was a student of Indonesian branch of the Institute of Oriental Languages, Lomonosov Moscow State University, graduating it with excellence.

Since 1989 he was an editor- consultant of the sector "Encyclopedia of Asia” at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Science, in 1996–2001 worked as a lecturer of Indonesian language at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, in 1998–2001 simultaneously as the Deputy Head of Information and Analytical Center of "Evening Moscow" Concern.

Currentle he is a lecturer on Malay and Indonesian at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the Diplpmatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.