Education
1968 - 1971: Yerevan State University, Higher Education Diploma, History
1971 - 1978: Postgraduate training in Department of History of Moscow State University
1975 - 1976: has served in the Soviet Army

Academic degree
1978: Candidate f Sciences, History. Dissertation Entitled: “Changes of social structure of Transcaucasian collectivizated industry, Yerevan State University”

Professional Experience
1978 - 1982: assistant of Dipartment of History of the Yerevan State University
1982 – 1996: lecturer of the Chair of History of USSR
1989: Associate Professor of the Yerevan State University
1991 - 1994: Deputy Dean of History department of the Yerevan State University
2002 - 2004: member of the ARF Body of Armenia
2005 present: Head of advisory board of the Department of History

Academic courses
History of Russia, the National problem of USSR in the post-Reconstruction era and the period (1998 - 2000), Dissident movement in the USSR in 1960 - 1980, Artsakh`s problem and it`s further development, The establishment of Stalin`s dictatorship in the USSR

Scale of professional interests
History of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia and Problems of Artsakh

Languages
Armenian, Russian,Germany