He was appointed Secretary of the Nagorno - Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1973 , the middle of the Brezhnev era .
Kevorkov was born in Shamakhi to an Armenian family .
Kevorkov was appointed Secretary of the Nagorno - Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1973 , the middle of the Brezhnev era .
Kevorkov was born in Shamakhi to an Armenian family .