- 1970
- Born on July 18, 1970 in Smela, Cherkassy Region of the Ukrainian SSR.
- 1987–1992
- Student at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- 1992–1998
- Director of Korporatsiya Ya.
- 1994–2012
- Lecturer, senior lecturer, professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs (part-time).
- 1998–1999
- Head of the Department of the Russian Federation Ministry for Tax and Revenue.
- 2002–2003
- Head of the Moscow Executive Committee of the United Russia party.
- 2003–2011
- State Duma Deputy (fourth and fifth convocations), Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Chairman of the Committee on Culture.
- 2012–2020
- Minister of Culture.
- 2020
- On January 24, 2020 appointed Aide to the President.
- Married, with four children.