Kovalevsky Valentin Leonovich

Born October 5, 1947 in Leningrad in a working class family. He graduated from vocational school specialty "electrician" (1965), Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute after NA Voznesensky (1983).
Prior military service he worked in a factory electrician named Kozitsky. In the public catering system began working in 1969 in the hotel restaurant "Soviet". He was director of restaurants Kronwerk "," Pink Bank ", the head of catering Krasnogvardeyskoe area.
At the time of adjustment - one of the organizers of the cooperative "Polesie". In 1989 he created one of the first in St. Petersburg, joint ventures - Restaurant "Swabian Small House".
. Since 1994, heads the Association of East-West ", . bring together the gastronomy and trade - restaurants, St. Petersburg, . "The Senate Bar, . "Noble Nest", . KAVKAZ, . Austeria, . trading houses "The European textiles", . "Russian Retail in St.-Petersburg", etc.,
. Initiator of the construction (1997) Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin on Malookhtinsky Avenue in memory of the victims of the Siege
. Chairman of the Parish Council of the Orthodox community of the church.
Founder and leader of the Orthodox revival.
He is married and has two sons.