[1] Nagovitsyn was born in Glazov, a village in the Udmurt ASSR of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

In 1978, he graduated from Tomsk Polytechnical Institute, specialising in Mechanical Engineering.

Nagovistyn took a series of low paying class jobs until he was employed as an engineer.

In December 1999, Nagovistyn was appointed Prime Minister of Tomsk Oblast, the second-highest office after the Governor.

His successor Alexey Tsydenov then appointed Nagovistyn to the Federation Council.