A professional traveler.

Has been traveling the world on its own since 1996: Central, South and Southeast Asia, Siberia and the Far North.

In order to travel, he graduated from the Naval School in 1986.

Has been deeply interested in and studying the culture and traditions of the East (India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan) for the past 20 years Member of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS)

Founder of the Travelers' Club, a community of like-minded people united by the idea of travel as a way of self-knowledge and deep study of surviving civilizations and traditional cultures.

Hobbies: yoga, tai chi chuan, music, poetry.

since childhood delirious of travel and adventure... dreaming of flying to distant constellations, living in the Himalayas or joining the Indians of North America in their struggle for independence.

from the age of six, began to study the world map hanging over the bed.

when I was seven, I went to the Gulf of Finland with a friend to collect planks for the future flotilla...

at 8:00, I put together my first model of a sailboat.

since he was seven years old, he has studied the only atlas of the world available.

...by nine he knew all the capitals, countries, highest mountains, long rivers...

I didn't teach geography, I didn't ask...

graduated from a Naval School.

spent a year and a half on the Estonian Shipping Company ships.

in his spare time, ran AWOL at foreign ports, exploring and "opening" the "forbidden territory",

...for which he risked losing his career, his foreign passport and even his freedom.

served as an emergency... 2 years: Central Asia, Afghanistan, the Arctic.

when he returned, he got seriously carried away by the East and went to study culture, philosophy, spiritual disciplines and health systems... to provide for himself, worked as an electrician in house management.

Since 1993, he's been in business... gone into insurance.

he ended his career as vice president and director of an international company...

In 2005, having exhausted this experience, he conceived the creation of the travelers' club as a living ground for seekers and travellers.

in the spring of 2006, abandoning a serious contract, went on a long trip to India.

in October 2006, held his first lecture about his trip to China.

in 2007, launched the website of the travel club. More