In 1988, Rimma Mikhaylovna graduated from the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute with the degree «Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education». From 2012 to 2016, she studied in the post-graduate school of the Yugra State University on specialty «Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation (the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed languages)». The theme of the dissertation research is «The conception "House" in the Khanty language Picture of the World». Rimma Mikhaylovna is the author of more than 25 scientific articles and two folklore collections. Spheres of scientific interests are language picture of the world of the Khanty people, and folklore of the Kazym Khanty.