Head of the General History Chair (Chief of the Department of World History), Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk). Main research fields: history of Russian sinology; history of Science and Education; history of Eastern Russia; history of Russian-Chinese relations. Major publications include: Migrant workers in the East of Russia: scale of presence, perspectives and problems. "A bridge across the Amur river". International Migration and Migrants in Siberia and the Far East. M.,Irkutsk, 2004. pp.263-275.