• Honoured Artist of Russia (2010)

Born in Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan). 
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Valentin Onoshko). 
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 1992.

Repertoire includes: 
Giselle (Count Albrecht, Classical duet); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, 
Le Corsaire (Conrad); production by Pyotr Gusev, after the composition and choreography by Marius Petipa, 
La Bayadère (Solor); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani, 
“Paquita” Grand pas; choreography by Marius Petipa, 
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev, 
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev, 
Raymonda (Jean de Brienne, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev, 
Don Quixote (Basilio, Espada); choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa, 
Michel Fokine’s ballets The Firebird (Ivan-Tsarevich), Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz, First Waltz),Schéhérazade (Zobeide’s Slave), 
The Nutcracker (the Prince); choreography by Vasily Vainonen, 
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky, 
The Legend of Love (Ferkhad); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich, 
Carmen-Suite (Torero); choreography by Alberto Alonso, 
George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo (Apollo), Serenade, Symphony in C (II. Adagio), Theme and Variations, Jewels (Diamonds), Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial) and Scotch Symphony, 
In the Night; choreography by Jerome Robbins, 
Manon (Des Grieux); choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, 
Le Sacre du printemps (the Chosen One); choreography by Yevgeny Panfilov.

He has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Azerbaijan, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Korea.