Born January 3, 1942 in g. BRICENI Edinet county Republic of Moldova, Russian.
In 1965 he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Kishinev State University. V. I. Lenin's specialty "historian", then - post-graduate studies in Kiev. Doctor of Economic Sciences.
. From 1959 to 1960 he worked at the farm "Steppe" Polovinskogo district of the Kurgan region.
. In 1965 - 67 serving in the army.
. In 1967 - 68 - assistant of the economic theory of the Kishinev Agricultural Institute.
. From 1968 to 1970 he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
. In 1970 - 73 - lecturer in economic theory, Kiev State University
. From 1973 to 1977 - Assistant Ukrainian Agricultural Academy.
. In 1978 - 82 - Associate Professor of Political Economy Omsk Agricultural Institute.
. From 1982 he worked in the Kostroma Agricultural Institute.
. 12 December 1993 was elected to the State Duma of the first convocation.
. Trained in the U.S. antitrust policy program of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
. In the composition of the delegation of the State Duma of Russia visited China and Yugoslavia.
. Chairman of Kostroma Society of Russian-Serbian friendship of
. Chizhov.
. The head of the regional center for the study of the economic situation of the Federation of Commodity Producers of Russia.
. December 17, 1995 was elected to the new composition of the State Duma.
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation.
. Has more than 70 scientific and methodological publications.
. Married
. He has four children.