After graduation he worked as a practical chemical engineer in Zawiercie and in a few locations which now are part of the Czech Republic, and finally as manager of a textile factory in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, 250 km north-east of Moscow.
Acto seguido trabajó como ingeniero químico en Zawiercie y unas cuantas localidades que ahora son parte de la República Checa, y finalmente como gerente en una factoría textil en Ivánovo-Voznesensk, 250 km al noreste de Moscú.