Doctor of Sciences in History, Professor, Head of the Chair of Social Sciences of the YSMU after M. Heratsi, Leading Researcher at the NAS RA Institute of History. Scientific interests: the history of Armenia of the period 1914–1921, in particular, the issues of the two 1917 Russian coups, the political parties, the Armenian question, Transcaucasian authorities, the emergence of independent republics, the problems of Western Armenians and other issues. Author of 9 monographs, collection of documents, 1 collective monograph and over 100 articles,