22 June 1944 -- in Sherabad, Surhandarya province

1963-68 -- Attends faculty of Oriental Studies, learns Farsi and English

1965-67 -- Works as a concrete layer in the Tashkent construction works

1968-76 -- Serves in the army, then in the KGB of the Uzbek SSR, then KGB USSR

1976-81 -- Works in the Soviet Embassy in Afghanistan