| Name of Institution | Degree/Diploma and date received | Field |
| Kharkov State University Kharkov, Ukraine |
Master (with honours) (12 July, 1981) |
Physics |
| Institute for Low Temperature Physics and
Engineering The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences |
Doctor (``Candidate of Physico-Mathematical
Sciences'' = Ph.D.) (4 June, 1985) |
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
PhD thesis title: ``Dynamics of Solitons and Interaction of Nonlinear Waves
in the Presence of Perturbations.''