From 1965 onwards Arakelov attended the Mathematics department of
Moscow State University, where he graduated in 1971. In 1974, Arakelov received his
candidate of sciences degree from the
Steklov Institute in
Moscow, under the supervision of
Igor Shafarevich. He then worked as a junior researcher at the
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow until 1979. He did protest against arrest of
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and was arrested and committed to a mental hospital. Then he stopped his research activity to pursue other life goals. As of 2014 he lives in Moscow with his wife and children. == Arakelov theory ==