Born October 1, 1964 in Moscow, Russian.
In 1989 graduated in history from Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (Moscow State Pedagogical Institute), he. V. I. Lenin.
. He worked as a teacher in the school.
. In MGPI participated in an underground student group "All-Union Organizing revolutionary Marxist party (VRMP).
. He was one of the editors of samizdat magazine "Community", where published articles critical of both Marxism and "Westernising" ideology of the older generation of dissidents (Valeria Novodvorskaya, Sergei Grigoryants).
. In June 1988 participated in the creation of the Moscow People's Front (MNF).
. In August 1991 he was appointed editor in chief organ of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions - the newspaper "Solidarity".
. From February to September 1992 was chairman of the Board of the Moscow organization of the Labor Party.
. In October 1992 he was elected a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Labor Party.
. In May 1998, headed "Labor Union".
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation.
. In January 2000, resigned as chief editor of "Solidarity".
. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs.
. Author of articles on social, trade union and labor movement, on the theory and history of anarchism.
. In 1992 he married his former school pupil
. Son of Nikita (December 1996).