BornAugust 25, 1938 inthecityofKiev. In 1955 graduatedfromhighschool №49 inKyivwithagoldmedal. In 1962 graduatedfrom the Geological Faculty of T.G. Shevchenko State University of Kyiv.
Since 1962 till now are working at the Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine as a leading researcher.
In 1972 - 1975 as member of a group of Ukrainian experts, participated in regional geophysical researches in the territory of India.FreelyspeaksEnglish. In 2008, for the monograph "Structure of the precambrian shields of the northern hemisphere of the Earth lithosphere by seismic data" (authors O.A. Tripolsky, N.V. Sharov) were awarded the prize named after S.I. Subbotin of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.Has 172 scientificpublications, 42 ofthemarethesesofconferences. In 2008, thetextbook "SeismicExploration" (sponsoredby T.G. Prodivyda, O.A. Trypilsky, S.S. Chulkov) waspublished.