On 26 July 1572 the huge horde of the khan, equipped with cannons and reinforced by Turkish janissaries, crossed the Oka River near Serpukhov, decimated the Russian vanguard of 200 noblemen and advanced towards Moscow in order to pillage it once again.
Architect Leonid Popov (and co-authors M. Zelenin and M. Ilin) based inspired by the historic connotation with respect to the city of Serpukhov, based the overall design on ancient Russian architecture and in particular the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, which is repeated in the design of the portals and the beige marble composition.
In Russian stratigraphy, the Serpukhovian is subdivided into three substages, from bottom to top: Tarusian, Steshevian, and Protvian, named after places near Serpukhov (see Tarusa, Protva).
Education: secondary school (village of Slobodo-Shlyshkovetska, Vinnytsia Oblast, 1979), Fitting College (town of Mogyliv-Podilskyi, 1983); Higher Military Command and Engineering College (now Serpukhov Military Academy of Missile troops) (town of Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, 1988), National Academy of Internal Affairs (city of Kiev, 1998); post-graduate studies at the National Academy of Internal Affairs (2003); doctorate at Kharkiv National Academy of Internal Affairs (2009).