Area of Expertise:

Medieval costume and textiles of the North Caucasus and Central Asia

Professional Experience:

2018 – present  Chief Researcher, Nasledie Foundation, Stavropol. 

2011– 2018  Senior researcher , Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences (SSC RAS)

1997 – 2010 Professor of Archaeology and Art History, Stavropol State University, Stavropol

1987 – 1997  Stavropol State Museum, Stavropol

· Head of the Department of Archaeology (1994 – 1997) 

· Curator of the Department of Archaeology (1997 – 1994)

1980 – 1982 Archivist, Stavropol State Archives, Stavropol