Married; 1 son and 1 daughter.
Date of birth: 28 of February, 1953
Place of Birth: Dzerzinsk, Niznegorodskay oblast, Russia.
Was born in family of six: mother, father, two brothers and sister.
Graduated high school in 1970.
1971-1973 - Military service
1973-1976 - Worked at Chemical industrial plant.
1976-1982 - Student of Krasnodar College of Physical Culture and Sport
1982-1989 - Coach-trainer of Judo at Kubansky Agricultural College.
1989- 1990 - Coach-trainer at Metrostroi sport complex in Moscow.
1991- present - President of International and All-Russian Federation of Russian Martial Art

When he was 7 years old, he started to learn gymnastics; from age 12 - boxing; from age 14 - Sambo and Combat Sambo; from age 19 - Judo and hand-to-hand fighting.
Master of Sport in Sambo and Judo.
Champion of different competitions in Russia and USSR.

Beginning in 1980, he began research on Russian Martial Art
1982-1989 - Instructor of Hand-to-hand combat for police of Krasnodar and Krasnodarskay oblast.
From 1991 - Organizer and leader of International and All-Russian training-practical Seminars on RMA.
From 1993 - Chairman of the Russian Combat Sambo Committee of Russian Federation of Russia and Vice- Chairman of the International Combat Sambo Commission of FIAS (International Sambo Federation); General Director of the RETAL ( Russian Combat Skill Consultant Scientific & Practical Training Center).
In 1995 patented ROSS Training System with 6 directions. The indicated method is
determined as "Know-How" (registered with the State enterprise "Informpatent" Committee of the Russian Federation by patent and trademark of April 4, 1995)
From 1997 - Chief of Department of Hand to Hand Combat for Cossack Military of Russia and abroad of General Headquarters of Union of Cossack Military of Russia and abroad. Rank - General of Cossack Military.
In 1997 Regent Council of Russian Noble Society "New Elite of Russia" appropriated him Noble Title "Count".
In 1998 at St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture, the Department of Fencing and Russian Martial Art was opened.
Now, Mr. Retuinskih writes dissertation at Department of Hand-to-hand Combat of St. Petersburg Military College of Physical Culture: Subject of the dissertation - "Methodic "ROSS" used in teaching".
In February of 2000 was awarded with the highest award in sport -  "Honorable Coach of Russia"