Born in Baku. Graduated from the Byelorussian State Choreographic School in 1990. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2001.
His repertoire includes: La Bayadère (Idol); Chemiakin´s The Nutcracker (Chinese Dance); Swan Lake (Jester, The Prince´s Friend); The Legend of Love (Dance of the Jesters); Giselle (Classic Duo); Romeo and Juliet (Jester, Mercutio); Don Quixote (Basil); Petit´s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort; Manon (Beggar Chief); Fokine´s Polovtsian Dances (Chief Warrior); Walpurgis Night (Pan); Overcoat after Gogol (Akaky Akakievich); Balanchine´s Prodigal son (Prodigal son); Forsythe´s Steptext, Approximate Sonata.