Born in Leningrad. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1993. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1993.
Repertoire includes: Gurn (La Sylphide); Hans (Giselle); High Brahmin (La Bayadиre); Hungarian Dance, Mazurka (Swan Lake); Mazurka, Act III, Seneschal (Raymonda); Fandango (Don Quixote); Second Organ-Grinder, Coachman (Petrouchka); the Father (Prodigal Son); Bearded Man (Le Sacre du printemps); Cracovienne, Polish Landowner, Ghirei (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai); Tybalt, Capulet, Duke of Verona (Romeo and Juliet); Vizier (The Legend of Love); Mayakovsky (The Bedbug); Indra Reinholde‘s staging of Reflections Balanchine‘s La Valse and dances in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila (Lezghinka), La traviata (Spanish Dance), Mazepa (First Cossack) and The Queen of Spades (Dancing Master).