1948
Born to Grigory Stepanovich Aleinikov and Nina Ivanovna Aleinikova in Sverdlovsk, Russia.
1972
Earns a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from Volgograd State Pedagogical University in Russia.
1973
Serves in the Russian Army as a colonel until 1993.
1975
Teaches high school German language; Receives four Excellence in Service Medals from the Russian Ministry of Defense through 1992.
1983
Obtains a Doctor of Philosophy in linguistics from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia.
1984
Is an assistant and associate professor at the Military University until 1992.
1989
Is a lecturer in education at the Russian Academy of Sciences Center for Creative Research until 1992.
1990
Works as an interpreter with the Indian Navy and Russian Army through 1991.
1992
Is an international fellow at the U.S. Air Force Air War College through 1993; Earns a Doctor of Science from the Military University.
1994
Teaches as an adjunct instructor at Auburn University until 1999 and Troy University until 2006, later earning two Excellence Awards.
1995
Becomes president of the International Academy of Genius and continues in the role.
1996
Serves as the director of the innovative education division of Venturist Inc. until 1999.
2001
Is the Dr. E. Paul Torrance Lecturer at the University of Georgia.
2003
Is a Woodrow Wilson National Fellow through 2008; Is the recipient of the Academy of Educational Leadership’s Outstanding Educator Award.
2004
Is a consultant, speaker and Sagan Series lecturer at Ohio Wesleyan University.
2005
Earns Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge’s George Washington Medal of Honor and the Russian Academy of Science’s Outstanding Achievement Medal.
2006
Is a professor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and continues in the role.
2006
Receives an Outstanding Program Award for Innovative & Creative Education from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
2010
Receives a Maverick Award from the U.S. Army Distributed Learning Program of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
2012
Receives a Coin of Excellence for Assistance After Hurricane Sandy from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.