Education (beginning with IHE)
1958-1963, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University
1967-1969, PhD Candidate at the Faculty of History, Yerevan State University (specialty of History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union)

Academic degree
PhD in History (the title as registered is Candidat Nauk, which is equivalent to PhD degrees of western universities) (the title of thesis ‘The Activities of the Communist party of Armenia in heightening the cultural-technical level of the workers’ class in 1959-1965’), 1973, Yerevan State University
Doctor in Historical Studies (this degree is higher than Candidat Nauk (i.e. PhD)) (title ‘The cultural-technical level of the workers’ class of Armenia and labor activities in 1960-1980s (critical analysis)’), 1996, Academy of Sciences of Armenia, History Institute

Professional experience
1969-1973, Assistant at the Department of the History of the Communist Party of the USSR, Yerevan State University
1973-1978, Senior Lecturer at the Department of the History of the Communist Party of the USSR, Yerevan State University
1978-1991, Docent (Assistant Professor) at the Department of the History of the Communist Party of the USSR, Yerevan State University
1991-2000, Docent (Assistant Professor) at the Department of the History of Armenia’s Contiguous Countries, Yerevan State University
1994-2000, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History, Yerevan State University
1995-1996, Acting Dean of the Faculty of History, Yerevan State University
2000-2007, Head of the Department of the History of Armenia’s Contiguous Countries, Yerevan State University
Since 2007- professor at the Department of the History of Armenia’s Contiguous Countries, Yerevan State University

Academic courses
Globalization, History of Russia, Democracy and Political Parties

Scale of professional interests
Globalization and social-political current trends in the South Caucasus and Armenia in the post-Soviet period
The processes of democracy and political parties’ formation in the contemporary Armenia

Languages
Armenian, Russian

Professional membership (NGO, professional council, editorial staff of scientific journal, funds etc.)
Member of the Academic Council at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia rewarding academic titles in the specialty “World History”

Awards “Gold Medal” of the Yerevan State University, 2007

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