Education: M.Sc., 1982, Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Moscow, Russia. M.Sc. Thesis - "Ecology of the Steppe Eagle (Aquila rapax) within the range” Ph.D. in Biology, 1990, Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology, Academy of Sciences USSR, Moscow, Russia. Ph.D. Thesis - "Ecosystems' history of central part of the North Caucasus over last millennia” Dr.Sci. in Biology, 2000, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Dr.Sci. Thesis - “The secular dynamics of mammals and birds population over the last millennia in the coastal zone of the Bering sea” Specialization: Ecology and Zoology. Employment: 1982- present. Head, Laboratory of Historical Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.