Born 23 July 1951 in Riga, Latvia. Died 16.12.2007 in Moscow, Russia.
Graduated from secondary school in Riga in 1958, the Riga Civil Aviation Engineering Institute in 1974 and the Higher Literature Course in Moscow in 1993. From 1974 to 1992 he worked as an engineer at Vilnius Airport. Since 1993 lived in Moscow. Debuted in the republican press in 1976.