Education
1986 - 1987: Belarusian State University, Higher Education Diploma, History
1989 - 1993: Yerevan State University, Higher Education Diploma, History

Academic degree
1998: Candidate of Sciences, History. Dissertation Entitled: “SSRA and the RSFSR military-political relations between (1920-1922)”. Insitute of History of NAS RA
2015: Doctor of Sciences, History. Dissertation Entitled: “Armenia in the Military–Industrial Complex of the USSR (1922–1991)”. Insitute of History of NAS RA

Professional experience
1995 - 1997: Institute of History of NAS RA, Junior researcher
1998 - 2008: Institute of History of NAS RA, scientific Secretary, researcher, senior researcher
2003 - 2009: Yerevan "Hrachya Acharyan" University, Dean of the faculty of International relations (part-time)
2008 present: Institute of history of NAS RA, Deputy Director, leading research fellow
2009 present: Chairman of the Department of History and International Affairs at the International Scientific-Educational Center of the NAS RA
2014 present: Associate Professor of History Department of YSU (History of Armenia’s Neighboring Countries) (part-time)

Academic courses
History of Russia, Territorial problems in the Caucasus 1920-1930-ies., International relations and diplomacy history

Scale of professional interests
The Armenian question and the Armenian genocide, in Soviet Armenia and NKAR history, the Armenian-Russian relations, History of Russia

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English