| Years |
|
Events |
| 1934 |
|
Professor of the Leningrad State University (LSU) |
| 1935 |
|
Scientific degree of Doctor of physical-mathematical sciences
(without defense of thesis) |
| 1940 |
|
Title of Honorary Scientist of the Armenian SSR |
| 1944 |
|
Labour Red Banner Order for outstanding services in preparing
astronomy specialists and on the occasion of 125th anniversary of the
Leningrad University |
| 1945 |
|
Lenin Order for outstanding services in development of science
and engineering and on occasion of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Acad.
Sci. |
| 1946 |
|
USSR (Stalin) State prize for creation of the new theory of
light scattering in turbid medium |
| 1947 |
|
Professor of the Yerevan State University (YSU) |
| 1950 |
|
USSR (Stalin) State prize for the discovery and study of new
type of stellar systems, "stellar associations" (together with B.E.
Markarian) |
| 1953 |
|
Labour Red Banner Order for long service and stainless work |
| 1956 |
|
Janssen Medal of the French Astronomical Society for scientific
services |
| 1958 |
|
Lenin Order for outstanding services in the field of development
of astronomy and on the occasion of his 50th anniversary |
| 1960 |
|
Catherine Bruce gold medal of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific (California, USA) for outstanding services in the field of astronomy |
| 1960 |
|
Gold medal of the Great Britain Royal Astronomical Society for
works in the field of theoretical astrophysics and stellar astronomy. On the
occasion of the official award of the medal Ambartsumian gave a George-Darwin
lecture at the session of the Society in London "Evolution of Stellar
Systems" |
| 1960 |
|
Medal "For Labour Valour" |
| 1963 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Australian
National University (Canberra) |
| 1965 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Paris (Sorbonne)
University as a recognition of services to world science. Several lectures
during his visit to Paris |
| 1967 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Liege University
(Belgium) |
| 1967 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Carlov (Praha)
University (Czechoslovakia). Lecture during the award ceremony at the IAU
General Assembly in Prague |
| 1968 |
|
Title of the Hero of Socialist Labour with investiture of Lenin
Order and Gold medal "Hammer and Sickle" for great services in the
development of astronomical science and on the occasion of his 60th
anniversary |
| 1968 |
|
Title of Honorary Scientist of the Georgian SSR |
| 1969 |
|
Cyril & Mefodiy Order of I degree by Presidium of the
National Assembly of the People's Republic of Bulgaria for successes in
development of science |
| 1970 |
|
S.I. Vavilov medal by the Presidium of Administration of the
All-Union Society "Knowledge" for services in popularization of
political and scientific knowledge |
| 1970 |
|
Gold medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for outstanding
scientific and social activity and for services to humanity |
| 1971 |
|
Helmholtz medal by the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin
(GDR) for successes in the field of natural sciences |
| 1971 |
|
M.V. Lomonosov Gold medal, the highest award of the USSR Acad.
Sci., by the Presidium of the Academy for outstanding achievements in the
field of astronomy and astrophysics; Lomonosov talk at the award ceremony:
"Non-Stationary Phenomena in the World of Stars and Galaxies" |
| 1972 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Warsaw
University (Poland) |
| 1972 |
|
In honour to V.A. Ambartsumian, the asteroid #1905 was named
"Ambartsumian" (discovered by T.M. Smirnova in Crimea on 14 May
1972) |
| 1973 |
|
Order of "Service" of the III degree by the Government
of Poland for outstanding scientific services |
| 1973 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Nicolaus
Copernicus Torun University (Poland) |
| 1974 |
|
Kotenius Gold medal by the German Academy of Naturalists
("Leopoldina") in Halle (GDR) |
| 1974 |
|
Sarmiento medal by the Cordoba (Argentina) Academy of Sciences
for scientific and pedagogical services |
| 1974 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the La-Plata
University (Argentina) |
| 1974 |
|
Lenin Order for scientific services on the occasion of the 250th
anniversary of the USSR Acad. Sci. |
| 1975 |
|
Order of "Banner" of the Hungarian People's Republic |
| 1978 |
|
Title of the Hero of Socialist Labour with investiture of Lenin
Order and second Gold medal "Hammer and Sickle" for outstanding
services in the development of the Soviet science and on the occasion of his
70th anniversary |
| 1982 |
|
Honorary citizen of Tbilisi (Georgia) |
| 1983 |
|
October Revolution Order for scientific services and on the
occasion of his 75th anniversary |
| 1984 |
|
Gold medal of the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia for
scientific services |
| 1985 |
|
Honorary citizen of Yerevan |
| 1988 |
|
Order of "Honour" |
| 1988 |
|
State Prize of the Armenian SSR |
| 1994-1996 |
|
Councilor of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1994 |
|
Motherland Order and title of "National Hero of
Armenia" for creation of scientific values of international
significance, exceptional services in the field of organization of science |
| 1994 |
|
George Gamow prize and medal of the Russian Academy of Creation
for outstanding contribution in the development of astrophysics |
| 1994 |
|
Annual national prize of the All-Armenian Foundation
"Hayastan" in the field of science and culture |
| 1995 |
|
State prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science
and engineering for the scientific work "Dynamics of the Structure of
Stellar Systems" |
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