I was born in Russia in a small town near Moscow in 1971 but I have left the country 12 years ago and moved to Asia, mostly I stay in Bali – one of the capitals of sea slugs and underwater macro paradise. I`m also a nudibranch expert (only Asia region) and the co-author of “Nudibranchs of The Coral Triangle” – ID/guide book of those animals.
Some more BIO about me:
I'm a professional diver and a renowned underwater macro photographer with more than 30 international awards.
I joined PADI in 2006 and nowadays I'm a PADI Dive Master with a certificate of "Self-Reliant Diver" and more than 12,000 dives.
Since the age of ten, I was interested in the underwater world. I graduated from Sevastopol School of diving where I dived with a copper, brass three-bolt Soviet diving helmet and AVM-5.
I've been diving worldwide: Egypt, the Black Sea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Maldives, Palau, and Thailand. These days I'm spending most of my time in Bali, Indonesia because of my special interest in the underwater macro world and mostly nudibranchs.