After serving in the Soviet army he worked for nine years in a Stepanakert factory, then in 1990 he joined the unofficial Karabakh Self-Defense Army, of which he became a deputy commander.
He joined the unofficial Karabakh Self-Defense Army. He was serving in the Soviet army. He worked the Soviet army for nine years in a Stepanakert factory in 1990. This was then. He became a deputy commander of Defense Army.