Born in Stepanakert , in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Republic of the Azerbaijan SSR on 22 June 1957 , he graduated in 1979 from Yerevan State University with a degree in linguistics .
Born in Stepanakert , in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Republic of the Azerbaijan SSR on June 22 , 1957 , he graduated in 1979 from Yerevan State University with a degree in linguistics .