Born in 1974.

1996 — Degree, Faculty of History and Philology of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH).

1998 — Master’s, Central European University in Budapest.

2009 — PhD in history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

2003–2004 — Reporter, International Affairs, Vedomosti newspaper, Moscow.

2004–2005 — Deputy Editor, Opinion & Commentary Section, Kommersant newspaper, Moscow.

2007–2012 — Director for Policy Studies, New Economic School, Moscow.

2007–2012 — Leading expert at the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Development at the Russian Economic School, Director for Applied Research at NES.

2010–2011 — Diderot Fellow, Fondation Maison de Science de l’Homme, Paris.

2010–2012 — Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

2010–2015 — Adjunct Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, Russian State Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow.

2010–2012 — Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

June 2012 — May 2013 — Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Since 2013 — Docent and Director of the Centre for History Sources, History Department, HSE.

Lives in Moscow.