1978-1984        

M. A. 
-   Philology, Leningrad State
University, 1984.

B. A. -    Philology, Leningrad State
University, 1982.

Graduated with a first-class honours degree

1989-1992          

Ph.D. -   
Philology, St.Petersburg State University

Dept. of Russian for Foreigners (Philological
Faculty) Title of thesis: “Expression of duration of verbal action in
narrative fiction texts”

2003

Docent

1993-1998

Senior lecturer, Dept. of Russian for
Foreigners, Philological Faculty, St.
Petersburg  State University

1998-2009      

Associated professor, Dept. of Russian as
Foreign Language and

Methods of its Teaching, Faculty of Philology
and Arts, St. Petersburg  State
University

 2009-
present  

.Yliopisto-opettaja, Turun yliopisto

                      2002-2004       
 

Lector, Ecole normale supérieure Lettres et Sciences humaines, Lyon,
France

        1999-2000      

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Russian, National Chengchi
University, Taipei, Taiwan