Born November 1, 1938 in a. Poltavka Poltava region Omsk region in a working class family, and Russian.
In 1961 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Mining Institute, in 1982 - the Leningrad Higher Party School. Candidate of Technical Sciences.
. From 1961 to 1975 he worked in the mines and mines in the Magadan region and the Komi Republic.
. Since 1975 - at the party work.
. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (until 1989), deputy of the Supreme Council of the Komi Republic.
. January 21, 1990 elected people's deputy of the USSR.
. April 25, 1990 session of the elected to the presidency of the Supreme Council of the Komi Republic.
. 12 December 1993 was elected to the Federation Council.
. Member of the Federation Council on the Northern Territories and Indigenous Minorities.
. In May 1994, elected head of the Komi Republic.
. In the post became a member of the Federation Council of the second convocation.
. 30 November 1997 the newly elected head of the Komi Republic.
. A Member of the Federation Council confirmed on Dec. 24, 1997.
. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
. Hobbies - fishing, hunting.
. His wife, Galina Medukha, led by private construction firms
. Has a daughter and a grandson.
