Have just received the following summary of a fun life: Born Darbaz, Armenia 14 December 1904. Joined Armenian Cheka in 1920. In North Caucasus Railway OGPU in January 1931. Allowed free train travel. Awarded pistol for 12th anniversary of chekist service on Chekist day 20 December 1932. Working at the Leninakan office of the OGPU in 1933. An NKVD Major with the 6th Armenian NKVD Border Guards District in July 1941 (likely unit commander). Deputy of the Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee in December 1941. Issued NKVD Distinguished Employee badge by NKGB decree on 17 March 1945. Lieutenant-Colonel of the Armenian NKGB in Leninakan in July 1945. Served under diplomatic cover in Soviet Embassies in Beirut and Tehran, 1946-1947. Deputy of the Armenian Supreme Soviet in 1947. Deputy of the Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee in 1947. Colonel in the MGB, head of the Leninakan, Armenia MGB, 1950. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Armenia, 1951-1952. Director of Jail #4, Armenia. 1953. [Who did he anger to get that demotion?] Retired, with rank of KGB Colonel, after 30 years state security service, 1957. [Plus 7 in MVD.] Awarded new MVD document for NKVD badge on 23 February 1959.