Director of the International Educational and Research Centre for the Russian Language, Professor
Education: Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
From 1970 to 1988, she worked at Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages named after Maurice Thorez.
From 1988 to 1990, she worked at Damascus University, Syria. She has also taught at universities in the United States, including Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University, Middlebury College, and others.
- Member of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature.
- Member of the Russian Society of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature.
- Member of the American Slavic Honor Society “Dobro Slovo”.