| Years |
|
Events |
| 1908 | | Ambartsumian was born on September 18 in Tiflis (Tbilisi) |
| 1919 | | Read first books on astronomy and began taking interest in astronomy |
| 1920-1923 | | Public lectures in Tbilisi on various topics of astronomy |
| 1920 | | First 3 scientific works on nebulae, planetary systems and double stars, cosmogony, and Sun-spots (unpublished manuscripts) |
| 1924 | | Visit to Yerevan; public lectures on Einstein's theory of relativity |
| 1924 | | Public lecture in Tbilisi on Einstein's theory of relativity |
| 1924 | | Finishing of the secondary school in Tbilisi |
| 1924-1925 | | Student of the physical-mathematical department of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) A.I. Gertsen Pedagogical Institute |
| 1926-1928 | | Student of the Physical-Mathematical Department of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University |
| 1926 | | First scientific publications (on the Solar physics; together with N.A. Kosirev; in German journals "Astronomische Nachrichten" and "Zeitschrift für Physik") |
| 1927 | | First papers on the radiative equilibrium in outer and inner layers of stars (together with N.A. Kosirev; in MNRAS) |
| 1927-1928 | | Observing practice at Pulkovo Observatory; A.A. Belopolski becomes Ambartsumian's supervisor |
| 1928 |
|
Graduated from the
Physical-Mathematical Department of the Leningrad University, specialization
"astronomy" (together with N.A. Kosirev, Eropkin, Khramov, Druri) |
| 1928-1931 |
|
Post-graduate studies at
the Pulkovo Observatory (supervisor: A.A. Belopolski) |
| 1929 |
|
Publication of results on a
Problem of the Theory of Eigenvalues (in "Zeitschrift für
Physik"), where for the first time a problem inverse to Sturm-Liuville's
problem was formulated |
| 1929 |
|
Visit to Armenia (together
with his friends N.A. Kozirev, I. Kibel, and M.P. Bronstein) |
| 1929 |
|
Participation in the
conference on Quantum physics (Kharkov); talk on the quantization of the
space |
| 1930 |
|
An idea that not only the
quanta of the electromagnetic field, photons, but also other particles
(including particles having nonzero rest mass) may be born and disappear as a
result of their ineraction with other particles (this idea lays in the basis
of modern physics of the elementary particles and quantum field theory)
(together with D.D. Ivanenko, in "Doklady Aced. Nauk SSSR") |
| 1930 |
|
Suggestion that the atomic
nuclei do not contain electrons and beside protons must contain neutral
particles (together with D.D. Ivanenko; publications in "Doklady Aced.
Nauk SSSR" and "Compte rendu hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Paris") |
| 1931-1935 |
|
Pulkovo Observatory
research associate |
| 1931-1932 |
|
Scientific Secretary of the
Pulkovo Observatory |
| 1931-1934 |
|
Lecturer (Associate
Professor) of Astrophysics at the Leningrad State University (courses of Astrophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics,
and Theoretical Physics) |
| 1931 |
|
Married Vera Feodorvna
Klochikhina |
| 1932 |
|
Suggestion of a new method
for determination of the temperature of the planetary nebulae nuclei (paper
on "The Radiative Equilibrium of a Planetary Nebulae" in MNRAS) |
| 1933-1934 |
|
Head of the Division of
Astrophysics of the LSU Astronomical Observatory |
| 1933 |
|
Determination of masses of
the envelopes thrown out by Novae stars (together with N.A. Kosirev; in
"Zeitschrift für Physik") |
| 1934 |
|
Professor of the Leningrad
State University (LSU) |
| 1934 |
|
Foundation of the Chair of
Astrophysics at LSU by V.A. Ambartsumian |
| 1934-1946 |
|
Head of the first in the
Soviet Union Chair of astrophysics at the Leningrad State University |
| 1934 |
|
Participation in the I
All-Union Astronomic-Geodesic Congress (Moscow, January); talk "Inner
Structure and Evolution of Stars" |
| 1935 |
|
Scientific degree of Doctor
of physical-mathematical sciences (without defense of thesis) |
| 1936 |
|
Derivation of the Space
Velocities Distribution Function of the Stars from the Observed Radial
Velocities (in MNRAS) |
| 1936 |
|
Existence of the great
number of white dwarf stars in the Galaxy was proven (together with G.A.
Shain; in "Astronomisheski Zhournal") |
| 1936 |
|
Visit to Abastumani
Astrophysical Observatory for collaboration with Georgian astronomers;
lectures |
| 1936-1937 |
|
Based on the statistics of
double stars, the incorrectness of the generally accepted estimate of the age
of our Galaxy obtained by prominent English scientist James Jeans (so-called
"long scale") was shown and a new estimate of its age was given (10
billion years as an upper limit, so-called "short scale"); in a
discussion started in "Nature" (England) and "Astronomicheski
Zhournal" (USSR) |
| 1937 |
|
Visit to Abastumani
Astrophysical Observatory for collaboration with Georgian astronomers
(Gordeladze, et al.); lectures |
| 1937-1944 |
|
Scientific Head of the
Yerevan Astronomical Observatory |
| 1938 |
|
Principles of the
statistical mechanics of stellar systems; it was proven that open star
clusters disintegrate during about 1 billion years (in "Uch. Zap.
LGU") |
| 1938 |
|
The nature and the clumpy
structure of the Galactic absorbing matter was proven (together with Sh.G.
Gordeladze; "Bulletin Abastumani Obs.") |
| 1939 |
|
Corresponding member of the
USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1939 |
|
Visit to Abastumani
Astrophysical Observatory for consultations; lectures and seminars |
| 1939 |
|
Publication of the first in
the Soviet Union and the first Russian textbook "Theoretical
Astrophysics" |
| 1939-1941 |
|
Director of the
Astronomical Observatory of the Leningrad State University |
| 1940 |
|
Member of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) |
| 1940 |
|
Title of Honorary Scientist
of the Armenian SSR |
| 1941 |
|
Visit to Tbilisi for
participation in opening of the Georgian Academy of Sciences |
| 1941-1943 |
|
Pro-Rector of the Leningrad
State University on scientific affairs |
| 1941-1943 |
|
Head of the
Scientific-Research branch of the University, evacuated to Elabuga (Tatar
ASSR) |
| 1941 |
|
Moving with family and
colleagues from Leningrad to Elabuga (Tatarian ASSR) |
| 1941-1942 |
|
Development of the
principle of invariance, a new theory of light scattering in turbid medium
(in "Journal of Physics" and "Izv. Acad Sci. USSR") |
| 1943 |
|
Foundation of the Armenian
Academy of Sciences (in the absence of Ambartsumian) |
| 1943 |
|
Full member (also Founding
member) of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1943-1947 |
|
First Vice-President of the
Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1943 |
|
Visit to Yerevan for
celebration of foundation of the Armenian Academy of Sciences |
| 1944 |
|
Visit to Moscow for
consultations with the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1944 |
|
The principles of the
theory of fluctuations (in "Doklady Acad. Sci. USSR") |
| 1944 |
|
Moving with family from
Elabuga (Tatarian ASSR) to Yerevan |
| 1944 |
|
First visit to Byurakan for
study of the site and the astroclimate |
| 1944 |
|
Labour Red Banner Order for
outstanding services in preparing astronomy specialists and on the occasion
of 125th anniversary of the Leningrad University |
| 1944 |
|
Foundation of the Chair of
Astrophysics at YSU by V.A. Ambartsumian |
| 1944-1994 |
|
Head of the newly created
Chair of Astrophysics at the Yerevan State University |
| 1944-1946 |
|
Director of the Yerevan
Astrophysical Observatory of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1944-1946 |
|
Chairman of the
Astronomical Commission of the USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1944-1959 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of the
journal "Doklady Arm. SSR Acad. Sci." ("Reports of the
Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences") |
| 1944-1979 |
|
Member of the Editorial
Board of the "Astronomicheski Zhournal" of the USSR Acad. Sci.
("Soviet Astronomy", later "Astronomy Reports") |
| 1945 |
|
Visit to Moscow for
celebration of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Acad. Sci. |
| 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 |
|
First foreign trip; Paris
(one night) and London for celebrations devoted to the 300th anniversary of
Isaac Newton. Visit to Cambridge; meeting Paul Dirac and Spenser Jones.
Return through Berlin; visiting Zeiss factory for the 1m Schmidt telescope |
| 1946 |
|
Member of the International
Astronomical Union (IAU) |
| 1946 |
|
USSR (Stalin) State prize
for creation of the new theory of light scattering in turbid medium |
| 1946 |
|
Foundation of the Byurakan
Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) by V.A. Ambartsumian |
| 1946-1988 |
|
Director of the newly
founded Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) of the Arm. SSR Acad. Sci. |
| 1946 |
|
Foundation of the journal
"Communications of the Byurakan Observatory" by V.A. Ambartsumian |
| 1946-1985 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of the
"Communications of the Byurakan Observatory" |
| 1947 |
|
Discovery of the stellar
associations, stellar systems of a new type, and hypothesis on the group
origin of stars (in the talk "Evolution of Stars and Astrophysics"
at the Jubilee session of the Arm. SSR Acad. Sci.) |
| 1947 |
|
Honorary member of the
American Astronomical Society (AAS) |
| 1947 |
|
Professor of the Yerevan
State University (YSU) |
| 1947-1951 |
|
Deputy of the Armenian SSR
Supreme Soviet |
| 1947-1993 |
|
President of the Armenian
SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1947-1956 |
|
Chairman of the
Editorial-Publishing Council of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1947-1972 |
|
Member of the Committee on
Lenin and USSR State prizes in the field of science and engineering at the
USSR Council of Ministers |
| 1947-1996 |
|
Chairman of the
Administrative Board of the "Knowledge" society of the Armenian SSR |
| 1948- |
|
Member of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR |
| 1948 |
|
Participation in the IAU GA
VII (Zurich, Switzerland, 11-18 Aug); talk "On the Patchy Structure of
the Interstellar Absorbing Layer" |
| 1948-1955 |
|
Vice-President of the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) |
| 1949 |
|
Visit to Abastumani;
lecture on Stellar Associations |
| 1949-1953 |
|
Chairman of the Armenian
Republican Committee of supporters of peace |
| 1949 |
|
Head of the Armenian
delegation at the All-union conference of supporters of peace in Moscow |
| 1949 |
|
Prediction of the
phenomenon of expansion of the stellar associations (in "Astronomicheski
Zhournal") |
| 1950 |
|
USSR (Stalin) State prize
for the discovery and study of new type of stellar systems, "stellar
associations" (together with B.E. Markarian) |
| 1950 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the international conference on Astronomical Constants in Paris |
| 1950 |
|
Visit to Berlin for
participation in the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the German
Acad. Sci. in Berlin |
| 1950 |
|
Participation in the
session of the IAU Executive Committee in Stockholm |
| 1950 |
|
Finishing of the
construction of Ambartsumian's house in Byurakan and moving there |
| 1950-1989 |
|
Deputy of the USSR Supreme
Soviet of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI convocations |
| 1951 |
|
Participation in the First
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 16-19 Apr) |
| 1951 |
|
Statistics of the Trapezium
type systems and a proof of disintegration of the young stellar systems (in
"Doklady Arm. SSR Acad. Sci.") |
| 1951 |
|
Participation in the
session of the IAU Executive Committee in Paris |
| 1951 |
|
First conference in
Byurakan: "Stellar Associations and the Distribution of Hot Giants"
(12-16 Nov) |
| 1952 |
|
Participation in the
Peoples Congress for defense of peace in Vienna |
| 1952 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XIX
congress |
| 1952 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA VIII (Rome, Italy, 4-13 Sep); Introductory talk at
the sympoisum on evolution of stars |
| 1952-1964 |
|
Chairman of the Commission
on Cosmogony of the USSR Acad. Sci. |
| 1952 |
|
Participation in the Second
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 19-22 May); talk "On the
Origin and Development of Stars and Stellar Systems" |
| 1952 |
|
Participation in the 10th
All-Union astronomical conference (Pulkovo, Leningrad); talk "Problems
of Astronomical Study of the Stellar Associations" |
| 1952 |
|
Publication of the textbook
"Theoretical Astrophysics" (co-authors: E.R. Mustel, A.B. Severnyi,
V.V. Sobolev) |
| 1953 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the International astronomical conference (later named as IAU
Symp. #1) on "Coordination of Studies on the Galactic Structure
(Groningen, The Netherlands, 17-22 June) |
| 1953 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the International astronomical conference on the Fundamental
Problems of the Stellar Classification (Paris, France, 29 June - 3 July) |
| 1953 |
|
Labour Red Banner Order for
long service and stainless work |
| 1953 |
|
Participation in the Third
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 14-15 May); Summary Talk |
| 1953 |
|
Full member of the USSR
Academy of Sciences |
| 1953 |
|
Honorary member of the
Royal Astronomical Society (Great Britain) |
| 1953 |
|
Participation in the V
Liege international astrophysical symposium: "Dust in the Astronomical
Objects"; talk "On the Origin of Stars" |
| 1953 |
|
Corresponding member of the
Royal Society (Academy of sciences) of Belgium (Liege) |
| 1953 |
|
Member of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific (ASP) |
| 1954 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the VI Liege international astrophysical symposium: "Solid
Particles in Cosmic Objects"; talk "On Comet-like Nebulae" |
| 1954 |
|
On the invitation of the
London University Council, gave a few lectures on stellar dynamics. Gave
astrophysical colloquiua at the Universities of Manchester, Edinburgh, and
Saint-Andrews |
| 1954 |
|
Showed the nonthermal
nature of the continuous emission observed in the spectra of non-stable stars
and put forward a hypothesis about new possible sources of stellar energy
("The Continuous Emission and Sources of Stellar Energy", in
"Commun. BAO") |
| 1954 |
|
Participation in the Fourth
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 26-29 Oct); Introductory talk
and Concluding Remarks, talk "On the Nature of T Tauri Stars" |
| 1955 |
|
Participation in the II
Congress of the All-Union Astronomic-Geodesic Society ("VAGO",
Moscow); talk "Problems of Modern Astrophysics" |
| 1955 |
|
Mission to the GDR (Berlin,
Dresden, Jena) in the parliamentary delegation of the USSR Supreme Soviet |
| 1955 |
|
Participation in the World
Assembly of supporters of peace in Helsinki |
| 1955-1988 |
|
Member of the Presidium of
the USSR Acad. Sci. |
| 1955 |
|
IAU Symp. #3:
"Non-Stable Stars", Dublin, Ireland, Sep 1 (not attended
personally), at the IAU GA IX (Dublin, Ireland, 29 Aug - 5 Sep); talk
"Stars of T Tauri and UV Ceti types and the Phenomenon of Continuous
Emission" (presented by A.G. Masevich) |
| 1955 |
|
IAU Symp. #5: "The
Large-Scale Structure of the Galactic System", Dublin, Ireland, Sep 2
(not attended personally), at the IAU GA IX (Dublin, Ireland, 29 Aug - 5
Sep); talk "Some Remarks on Multiple Galaxies" (presented by A.G.
Masevich) |
| 1955 |
|
Member of the Council on
the coordination of works of Academies of Sciences of the Union Republics |
| 1955 |
|
Participation in the Fifth
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 9-12 Mar); talk "On the
Nature of Radio Sources", the new physical interpretation of
radiogalaxies |
| 1956 |
|
First ideas concerning the
hypothesis on activity of the galactic nuclei |
| 1956 |
|
Corresponding member of the
Academy of Sciences of Austria |
| 1956 |
|
Janssen Medal of the French
Astronomical Society for scientific services |
| 1956 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XX
congress |
| 1956 |
|
Official inauguration of
the Byurakan Observatory. Symposium: "Non-Stable Stars" (Byurakan,
20-22 Sep); several talks. In one of them for the first time cosidered
inverse Compton-effect as a possible mechanism of radiation of non-stable
stars |
| 1956 |
|
Member of the Committee on
Lenin prizes |
| 1956 |
|
Visit to the USA (Palomar,
Lick, and other observatories); seminars |
| 1957 |
|
On the invitation of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences participated in the annual meeting of the
Academy. Gave several lectures at the universities of Vienna, Innsbruk, and
Graz, as well as at the Vienna Observatory |
| 1957 |
|
Participation in the Sixth
Conference on Problems of Cosmogony (Moscow, 5-7 June); talk "On some
Data of Extragalactic Astronomy" |
| 1957 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the III Symposium on Cosmic Gas Dynamics (Cambridge, USA); talk
"To the Problem of the Mechanism of the Origin of Stars in Stellar
Associations"; visiting the largest American observatories: Mt. Palomar,
Mt. Wilson, and Lick, where gave several lectures |
| 1957 |
|
Corresponding member of the
German Academy of Sciences in Berlin |
| 1957 |
|
Foreign honorary member of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston) |
| 1958 |
|
Participation in the XI
Solvay conference on Problems of Large Universe (Bruxelles, Belgium); talk:
"On the Evolution of Galaxies"; gives evidences supporting for the
first time put forward by him understanding on the cosmogonic activity of the
galactic nulcei |
| 1958 |
|
Participation in the
All-Union Conference on the Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
(Yerevan); Introductory Talk and talk: "On the Fluctuations in the
Apparent Distribution of Stars" |
| 1958 |
|
Participation in the
All-Union Conference on the Philosophical Problems of the Natural Science
(Moscow); talk: "Some Methodological Questions of Cosmogony" |
| 1958-1974 |
|
Corresponding member of the
Academy of Sciences of France |
| 1958 |
|
Chairman of the Organizing
Commmittee and Head of the Soviet delegation at the IAU GA X (Moscow, 12-20
Aug) |
| 1958 |
|
Lenin Order for outstanding
services in the field of development of astronomy and on the occasion of his
50th anniversary |
| 1958 |
|
Ambartsumian's 50th
anniversary: publication of the book "Viktor Amazaspovich
Ambartsumian" (bibliographic reference book, comp. by E.S. Vlasyan and
S.S. Yazichyan, Yerevan, Arm. SSR Acad. Sci., 121p.) |
| 1959 |
|
Member of the USA National
Academy of Sciences |
| 1959 |
|
Foreign member of the
German Academy of Naturalists ("Leopoldina") in Halle (GDR) |
| 1959 |
|
Honorary member of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
| 1959 |
|
Participation as a member
of the delegation of the USSR Acad. Sci. in the National Science Congress of
India in Delhi |
| 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" |
| 1960-1961 |
|
Development of the theory
of superdense degenerate stellar configurations (together with G.S. Sahakyan,
3 papers in "Astronomicheski Zhournal") |
| 1960 |
|
Installation of the 1m
Schmidt telescope in Byurakan |
| 1960 |
|
Publication of the 1st and
2nd volume of Ambartsumian's collection of papers (ed. V.V. Sobolev) |
| 1961 |
|
Participation in the IAU
Symp. #15: "Problems of Extragalactic Research" (Santa-Barbara, CA,
USA, 10-12 Aug); talk "Multicolour Photography of Galaxies at the
Crimean Observatory" |
| 1961 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA XI (Berkeley, CA, USA, 15-24 Aug). Invited
Discourse: "Problems of Extra-Galactic Research" |
| 1961-1964 |
|
President of the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) |
| 1961 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XXII
congress |
| 1961 |
|
N.S. Khrushchev's visit to
Byurakan (together with Ya.N. Zarobyan, et al.) |
| 1962 |
|
Visit to Bucarest (Romania)
for discussions and collaboration |
| 1962 |
|
Chairman of the IAU
Executive Council Meeting in Yerevan |
| 1963 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU Symp. #20: "The Galaxy and the Magellanic
Clouds" (Canberra, Australia, 18-28 Mar); talk: "Superassociations
in Distant Galaxies"; in Australia also gave public lectures |
| 1963 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor
(honoris causa) of the Australian National University (Canberra) |
| 1963 |
|
On the way back from
Australia visited Indonesia (Bandung), where participated in the symposium
"Standards for Stellar Photometry and Spectral Classification";
Address from the IAU President |
| 1963 |
|
Visit to the USA
(Washington, Boston, Pasadena) for celebrations, devoted to the 100th
anniversary of the USA National Acad. Sci.; Address from the IAU President |
| 1963 |
|
Participation in the
session of the ICSU Executive Committee in Prague as the IAU President |
| 1964 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA XII (Hamburg, FRG, 25 Aug - 3 Sep); talk at Joint
Discussion on radiogalaxies "Some Remarks on the Nature of the Nuclei of
Galaxies" |
| 1964 |
|
First All-Union Conference
on the Problem of Extraterrestrial Civilizations (Byurakan, 20-23 May);
Introductory talk |
| 1964 |
|
Participation in the XIII
Solvay conference on Problems of Structure and Evolution of Galaxies
(Bruxelles, Belgium); Introductory talk: "On the Nuclei of Galaxies and
Their Activity" |
| 1965 |
|
Foundation of the All-Union
journal "Astrofizika" by V.A. Ambartsumian (published in Yerevan
and translated into English as "Astrophysics") |
| 1965-1987 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of the
newly founded journal "Astrofizika" ("Astrophysics") |
| 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 |
| 1965 |
|
On the invitation of the
Hungarian Acad. Sci. visited Hungary (Budapest). Several lectures at the
Acad. Sci. and the Budapest Astronomical Observatory |
| 1965 |
|
Participation in the Second
Soviet Gravitational conference: "Problems of Gravitation"
(Tbilisi, 20-28 Apr); talk: "The Nuclei of Galaxies and Their
Activity" |
| 1965 |
|
Participation in the IV
Congress of the All-Union Astronomic-Geodesic Society ("VAGO",
Riga, Oct); talk: "Perspectives of Development of Modern
Astrophysics" |
| 1965-1974 |
|
Chairman of the Editorial
Board of the first "Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia" |
| 1965-1987 |
|
Chairman of the
Scientific-Publishing Council of the first "Armenian Soviet
Encyclopedia" |
| 1966 |
|
IAU Symp. #29:
"Non-Stable Phenomena in Galaxies" (Byurakan, USSR, 4-12 May);
Introductory talk: "Non-Stable Phenomena in Galaxies"; Chairman of
SOC |
| 1966 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XXIII
congress |
| 1966 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the session of the ICSU Executive Council (Bombay, India) |
| 1966 |
|
Member of the Executive
Committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) |
| 1967 |
|
Title of Honorary Doctor
(honoris causa) of the Liege University (Belgium) |
| 1967 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA XIII (Prague, Czechoslovakia, 22-31 Aug) |
| 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 |
| 1967 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the session of the ICSU Executive Committee in Rome |
| 1967 |
|
Member of the Italian
National Academy of Sciences "Dei Lincei" |
| 1968 |
|
Visit to Hungaria
(Budapest) as the head of the Arm. SSR Acad. Sci. for signing contract of
scientific collaboration between the Hungarian and Armenian academies of
sciences |
| 1968 |
|
Participation in the XIV
International Philosophic Congress (Vienna, Austria); talk "Contemporary
Natural Science and Philosophy" |
| 1968 |
|
Participation in the ICSU
General Assembly (Paris, France); elected ICSU President |
| 1968-1970 |
|
President of the
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) (first term) |
| 1968 |
|
Ambartsumian's 60th
anniversary: International Symposium "Stars, Nebulae, Galaxies" in
Byurakan (16-19 Sep); publication of the book "Viktor Ambartsumian"
by L.V. Mirzoyan (Yerevan, "Giteliq", 1968, 61p., in Armenian) |
| 1968 |
|
Prediction of the total
number of flare stars in a cluster based on the number of the observed flares
(talk presented at the Symposium in Byurakan "Stars, Nebulae,
Galaxies": "On the Statistics of Flare Objects") |
| 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 |
| 1968 |
|
Publication of the book
"Problems of Evolution of the Universe" in Armenian and Russian |
| 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 |
| 1969 |
|
Honorary member of the
London Royal Society (Great Britain Academy of Sciences) |
| 1969 |
|
Honorary member of the
Cambridge Philosophical Society (England) |
| 1969 |
|
On the invitation of the
German Acad. Sci. in Berlin visited GDR (Berlin and Potsdam) as the Head of
the delegation of the Arm. SSR Acad. Sci.; talk at the Academy: "On the
Development of Science in Soviet Armenia" |
| 1969 |
|
Honorary member of the
Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Poland |
| 1969 |
|
Visit to Italy: Padua,
Armenian Island St. Lazar near Venice |
| 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 |
|
Participation in the
symposium "The Nuclei of Galaxies" (Rome, Italy); Introductory talk |
| 1970 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA XIV (Brighton, UK, 18-27 Aug); visit to Jodrell Bank |
| 1970 |
|
Member of the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Sciences |
| 1970 |
|
Participation in the ICSU
General Assembly (Madrid, Spain); Summary Report on the ICSU activities;
elected ICSU President for the second term |
| 1970-1972 |
|
President of the
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) (second term) |
| 1970 |
|
Gold medal of the Slovak
Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific and social activity and for
services to humanity |
| 1970 |
|
Participation in the II
All-Union conference on Philosophical Problems of the Natural Science
(Moscow); talks "Problems of Methodology of the Natural-Science
Search" (together with V.V. Kazyutinski) and "Materialistic
Dialectics - Methodology and Logic of the Developments of Modern Natural
Science" |
| 1970- |
|
Chairman of the Committee
of the Armenian SSR State prizes in the field of science and engineering at
the Armenian SSR Council of Ministers |
| 1971 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XXIV
congress |
| 1971 |
|
On the invitation of the
USA Congress visited USA (Washington) as the ICSU President; participated in
the session of the Commission of Science and Astronautics of the Congress at
the discussion of the problem of the development of science; talk: "New
Mechanisms of the Future Collaboration"; visited the Green Bank
Radioastronomical Observatory |
| 1971 |
|
The first Soviet
ultraviolet space observatory "Orion-1" (designed and built in
Byurakan by G.A. Gurzadyan, et al.) operated onboard Soviet spacecraft |
| 1971 |
|
Member of the Royal Academy
of Sciences of Denmark |
| 1971 |
|
Founding member and member
of the Council of the USSR Philosophical Society |
| 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" |
| 1971 |
|
First international
(Soviet-American) symposium on "The Problem of Extraterrestrial
Civilizations and Communication with them" (Byurakan, 6-11 Sep);
Introductory talk |
| 1971 |
|
Participation in the IAU
Col. #15: "New Directions and New Frontiers in Variable Star
Research" (Bamberg, FRG, 31 Aug - 3 Sep); talk: "Flare Stars"
(together with L.V. Mirzoyan) |
| 1972 |
|
On the invitation of the
University of Cologne visited FRG (Cologne, Bonn, Munich, Heidelberg) as the
head of the delegation of the Armenian SSR Acad. Sci.; several talks about
the activities of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory |
| 1972 |
|
Participation in the ICSU
General Assembly (Helsinki, Finland); Summary Report on the ICSU activities |
| 1972 |
|
Honorary member of the
Azerbaijan SSR Acad. Sci. |
| 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 |
|
Honorary member of the
Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden |
| 1973 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU Extraordinary GA (Torun, Warsaw, Krakov; Poland, 4
Sep), devoted to the 500th anniversary of Copernicus |
| 1973 |
|
The second Soviet
ultraviolet space observatory "Orion-2" (designed and built in
Byurakan by G.A. Gurzadyan, et al.) operated onboard Soviet spacecraft |
| 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) |
| 1973 |
|
Participation in the
General Meeting of the USSR Acad. Sci., devoted to the 500th anniversary of
Copernicus; talk "Copernicus and Modern Astronomy" |
| 1973 |
|
Honorary member of the
New-York Academy of Sciences |
| 1974 |
|
Foreign member of the
Academy of Sciences of Bulgaria |
| 1974 |
|
Participation in the IAU
Symp. #67: "Variable Stars and Stellar Evolution" (Moscow, USSR, 29
Jul - 4 Aug); talk: "Flare Stars in Star Clusters and Associations"
(together with L.V. Mirzoyan) |
| 1974 |
|
Kotenius Gold medal by the
German Academy of Naturalists ("Leopoldina") in Halle (GDR) |
| 1974 |
|
Visit to Argentina
(Buenos-Aires, Cordoba, La-Plata, San-Juan, Rossario); lectures and
consultations at the universities and observatories on astrophysics and
extragalactic astronomy |
| 1974 |
|
Foreign member of the
Cordoba (Argentina) Academy of Sciences |
| 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. |
| 1974-1987 |
|
Chairman of the United
Scientific Council on Astronomy of the USSR Acad. Sci. |
| 1974 |
|
Talk at the conference
devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Tashkent Observatory: "On the
Role of the Non-Stationary Processes in the Evolution of Galaxies"
(presented by H.M. Tovmassian) |
| 1975 |
|
Publication of the book
"Viktor Amazasp Ambartsumian" (bibliographic reference book, comp.
G.N. Finashina, Moscow, Nauka, 136p.) |
| 1975 |
|
Order of "Banner"
of the Hungarian People's Republic |
| 1975 |
|
Visit to GDR (Berlin and
Weimar) for celebrations of the 275th anniversary of the German Acad. Sci. in
Berlin; talk: "On the Evolutionary Processes in the Universe" |
| 1975 |
|
Participation in the 3rd
European Regional IAU Meetings (Tbilisi, USSR, 1-5 July); talks: "The
Role of the Nuclear Activity in the Overall Evolutionary Processes in
Galaxies" and "Compact Groups of Compact Galaxies" |
| 1975 |
|
Participation in the
conference on the Problems of Philosophical Struggle in Modern Natural
Science (Moscow); talk "Revolution in Modern Astronomy and Problems of
Outlook on Life" (together with V.V. Kaziutinski) |
| 1976 |
|
Participation in the 2nd
Joint Colloquium of the Byurakan and Abastumani (Georgia) astrophysical
observatories (Abastumani, May); talk |
| 1976 |
|
Delegate of the CPSU XXV
congress |
| 1976 |
|
Foreign member of the
Academy of Sciences of India |
| 1976 |
|
Installation of the 2.6m
telescope in Byurakan (at that time one of the world largest telescopes) |
| 1976 |
|
International Symposium:
"Flare Stars" (Byurakan, 5-8 Oct), dedicated to official opening of
the 2.6 m telescope; talk "Results of Observations of Flare Stars in
Stellar Aggregates" (together with L.V. Mirzoyan) |
| 1976- |
|
Member of the Editorial
Board of the "Reports of the USSR Academy of Sciences" |
| 1977-1996 |
|
Chairman of the Specialized
Council for Theses Defense at BAO |
| 1977 |
|
Participation in the IAU
Symp. #79: "The Large Scale Structure of the Universe" (Tallinn,
Estonia, USSR, 12-16 Sep); talk: "On the Large Scale Distribution of
Galaxies" |
| 1978 |
|
Participation in the 4th
Joint Colloquium of the Byurakan and Abastumani (Georgia) astrophysical
observatories (Abastumani, May); talk |
| 1978 |
|
Honorary member of the
Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1978 |
|
Participation in the Joint
colloquium of the USSR Acad. Sci. Astronomical Council and the Byurakan
Astrophysical Observatory on the Non-Stable Stellar Objects (Crimea);
talk |
| 1978 |
|
Ambartsumian's 70th
anniversary: An All-Union Conference of Young Astrophysicists (Byurakan, 2-5
Oct); Meeting of the Coordination Council of the presidents of academies
(Yerevan; A.P. Aleksandrov, N.G. Basov, et al.); publication of the collected
review papers book "Modern Problems of Science about the Universe"
(comp. and ed. L.V. Mirzoyan); publication of the book "Viktor
Ambartsumian" (biography by L.V. Mirzoyan, in Armenian) |
| 1978 |
|
Participation in the
International Philosophical Symposium in Dusseldorf |
| 1978 |
|
Foreign member of the
Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 |
|
Corresponding member of the
International Academy of Astronautics |
| 1978 |
|
Foreign member (Associe
etranger) of the Academy of Sciences of France |
| 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 |
| 1978 |
|
Plenum of the Astronomical
Council of the USSR Acad. Sci. (Byurakan, 1-3 Nov); talk on the Results of
scientific research at BAO |
| 1979 |
|
Visit to GDR (Berlin,
Potsdam, Jena) for participation in the session of the Acad. Sci., devoted to
the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein; talk: "The Role of Einstein
Coefficients of Probability of Transition in Astrophysics" |
| 1979 |
|
On the invitation of the
French Acad. Sci. visited France for receiving the diploma of the member of
the French Acad. Sci. |
| 1979 |
|
Honorary member of the
Academy of Sciences of Hungary |
| 1979 |
|
Participation in the
symposium on Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Dubna) devoted to the 70th
anniversary of acad. N.N. Bogolyubov; talk "Inverse Problems of
Astrophysics" |
| 1979 |
|
Symposium of the
Multilateral Research Cooperation of the Academies of Sciences of the
Socialist Countries on the Problem of "Stellar Physics and
Evolution": "Flare Stars, Fuors and Herbig-Haro Objects"
(Byurakan, 22-24 May); talk "On the Possible Correlation between the
Luminosity and the Frequency of Flares among the Members of a Stellar
Aggregate" |
| 1980 |
|
Participation in the
symposium devoted to the 2000th anniversary of Aristarch from Samos (Samos
island, Greece); talk "Using the Chronology of Discoveries for Purposes
of Stellar Statistics" |
| 1980 |
|
Participation in the IAU
Symp. #93: "Fundamental Problems in the Theory of Stellar
Evolution" (Kyoto, Japan, 22-25 July); talk "An Observational
Approach to the Early Stages of Stellar Evolution" (together with L.V.
Mirzoyan) |
| 1980 |
|
Participation in the
meeting dedicated to 1500th anniversary of Davit the Invincible (Moscow) |
| 1981-1991 |
|
Member of the Editorial
Board of the international journal “Vistas in Astronomy” (“Astronomy
Prospects”, UK) |
| 1981 |
|
IV Soviet-Finnish
Astronomical Meeting (Conference on Various Problems of Galactic and
Extragalactic Astronomy) (Byurakan, 9-14 June); talk "On Origin of the
Diffuse Nebulae" |
| 1981-199? |
|
Member of the Editorial
Board of the journal "Nauka v SSSR" ("Science in the
USSR") |
| 1981 |
|
All-Union symposium devoted
to the 40th Anniversary of the Introduction of the Principle of Invariance by
V.A. Ambartsumian to the Radiation Transfer Theory: "Principle of
Invariance and its Applications" (Byurakan, 26-30 Oct); Introductory talk
"On Applications of the Principle of Invariance" |
| 1981 |
|
Participation in the III
All-Union conference on Philosophical Problems of Modern Natural Science
(Moscow); talk "Dialectics of Knowledge of the Evolutionary Processes in
the Universe" (together with V.V. Kazyutinski) |
| 1981 |
|
Participation in the
conference devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical Observatory
of the LSU |
| 1982 |
|
Participation in the 6th
Joint Colloquium of the Byurakan and Abastumani (Georgia) astrophysical
observatories (Tbilisi, May); talk; meeting with young scientists of Georgia
in Tbilisi |
| 1982 |
|
Head of the Soviet
delegation at the IAU GA XVIII (Patras, Greece, 17-26 Aug); talk at the guest
session of the Working Group "Flare Stars" of the IAU Commission
"Variable Stars" in the Stefanian Observatory on the "Byurakan
Studies of Flare Stars in Young Stellar Systems" |
| 1982 |
|
Honorary citizen of Tbilisi
(Georgia) |
| 1982 |
|
Participation in the Annual
Meeting of the USSR Acad. Sci. (Moscow); talk "On the Origin of the
Diffuse Nebulae" |
| 1983 |
|
On the invitation of the
National Observatory (Tonanzintla) visited Mexico (Tonanzintla and Mexico
City, 24-26 Feb) for participation in the symposium "Herbig-Haro
Objects, T Tauri Stars and Related Phenomena" to honour Guillermo Haro;
Concluding remarks |
| 1983 |
|
Foreign member of the
Academy of Sciences of Athens (Greece) |
| 1983 |
|
On the invitation of the
Austrian Acad. Sci. visited Austria (Vienna, Graz); lecture at the Graz
University: "Evolutionary Processes in the Universe" |
| 1983 |
|
Ambartsumian's 75th
anniversary: Joint Colloquium of the Leningrad State University Chair of
Astrophysics, USSR Astronomical Council, and the Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory (Byurakan, 14-16 Oct); publication of the book "Viktor
Ambartsumian" by L.V. Mirzoyan (in Russian) |
| 1983 |
|
October Revolution Order
for scientific services and on the occasion of his 75th anniversary |
| 1983 |
|
Visit to France (Paris and
Cagor) in frame of the delegation of the USSR Supreme Soviet |
| 1983 |
|
Participation in the 3rd
Latin-American Regional IAU Meeting (LARIM) (Buenos-Aires, Argentina, 28 Nov
- 3 Dec); talk "Understanding on Problems of the Origin of Stars
developed in the Byurakan Observatory" (presented by E.S. Parsamian) |
| 1984 |
|
Gold medal of the Academy
of Sciences of Czechoslovakia for scientific services |
| 1984 |
|
Foreign member of the
Syrian Scientific Society (Academy of sciences) |
| 1984 |
|
Participation in the
jubilee conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the LSU Chair of
Astrophysics (Leningrad); talk |
| 1984 |
|
International Symposium:
"Flare Stars and Related Objects" (Byurakan, 16-19 Oct) |
| 1984 |
|
Participation in the 8th
Joint Colloquium of the Byurakan and Abastumani (Georgia) astrophysical
observatories (Abastumani, Nov); talk |
| 1985 |
|
Honorary member of the
Society of History of Science of Syria |
| 1985 |
|
Honorary citizen of Yerevan |
| 1986 |
|
IAU Symp. #121:
"Observational Evidence of Activity in Galaxies" (Byurakan, 3-7
June); Chairman of SOC |
| 1987 |
|
Publication of the book
"Envoy of the Stars" about Ambartsumian (A. Arzumanyan, Moscow,
Progress Publishers) |
| 1987 |
|
International School for
Young Astronomers, organized jointly by ESO and the Byurakan Observatory:
"Observations with Large Telescopes" (Byurakan, 22-28 Sep) |
| 1987 |
|
Councilor of the Armenian
Philosophical Academy |
| 1988-1990 |
|
Chairman of the Editorial
Board of the "Armenian Brief Encyclopedia" |
| 1988-1995 |
|
Chairman of the
Scientific-Publishing Council of the "Armenian Brief Encyclopedia" |
| 1988 |
|
Participation in activities
of Karabakh movement |
| 1988 |
|
Participation in the
session of the USSR Supreme Soviet on discussion of the Karabakh problem
(Moscow) |
| 1988-1996 |
|
Honorary Director of the
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) of the Armenian National Acad. Sci. |
| 1988 |
|
Ambartsumian's 80th
anniversary: All-Union Conference of Young Astrophysicists
"Observational Evidences of Instability Phenomena and their
Interpretation" (Byurakan, 27-30 Sep); publication of the 3rd volume of
V.A. Ambartsumian's collection of papers (comp. E.S. Parsamian, ed. V.V.
Sobolev) |
| 1988 |
|
Order of "Honour" |
| 1988 |
|
State Prize of the Armenian
SSR |
| 1988 |
|
Visit of acad. G.I. Marchuk
(President of the USSR Acad. Sci.) to Armenia |
| 1989-1991 |
|
National Deputy of the USSR
and member of the USSR Supreme Soviet |
| 1989 |
|
IAU Symp. #137: "Flare
Stars in Star Clusters, Associations and the Solar Vicinity" (Byurakan,
23-27 Oct); Chairman of SOC |
| 1990 |
|
Honorary President of the
Armenian Philosophical Society |
| 1990 |
|
Hunger strike in Moscow
(together with several other people) as a protest for solution of the
Karabakh problem |
| 1992 |
|
Full member of the European
Academy (London) |
| 1992 |
|
Full member of the Academy
of Creation (Russia) |
| 1993-1996 |
|
Honorary President of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences |
| 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 |
| 1994 |
|
Honorary member of the
Armenian Philosophical Academy |
| 1994 |
|
Viktor Ambartsumian Award with medal from Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) |
| 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" |
| 1996 |
|
Member of the Euro-Asian
Astronomical Society (EAAS) |
| 1996 |
|
Ambartsumian passed away on
August 12 in Byurakan |
| 1998 |
|
Ambartsumian's 90th
anniversary: IAU Symp. #194: "Activity in Galaxies and Related
Phenomena" (Byurakan, 17-21 Aug); the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
was named after Ambartsumian; opening of V.A. Ambartsumian's house-museum in
Byurakan; a street and a secondary school in Yerevan named after
Ambartsumian; publication of the book "A Life in Astrophysics" (ed.
R.V. Ambartsumian, in English); release of video-film "Viktor
Ambartsumian" (in English) |
| 2001 |
|
Publication of
Ambartsumian's memories book "Episodes of Life" in Russian |
| 2003 |
|
Publication of
Ambartsumian's memories book "Episodes of Life" in Armenian |
| 2008 |
|
Ambartsumian's
100th anniversary: International Conference "Evolution of Cosmic Objects
through their Physical Activity" (Byurakan, 15-18 Sep); International
Conference “Physics of Compact Objects” (Yerevan State Univ., 17-23 Sep);
Meeting dedicated to V.A. Ambartsumian at St Petersburg State Univ.; Second
Byurakan International Summer School for Young Astronomers "Practical
Astrophysics" (Byurakan, 20-30 Sep); publication of the book with
memories about V.A. Ambartsumian (ed. E.S. Parsamian); V.A. Ambartsumian's
DVD (compiled by A.M. Mickaelian); anniversary memorial coin and post stamp
were produced; V.A. Ambartsumian stipend was established by Russian-Armenian
(Slavonic) University (7 Nov); V.A. Ambartsumian prize was established, which
will be yearly awarded to the scientists of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University for the best scientific work in the field of physics-mathematics
and natural sciences |
| 2009 |
|
By the Government of Armenia Ambartsumian’s birthday (18 Sep) is
declared as the day of astronomy (Jan) |
| 2009 |
|
By the decree of the president of Armenia Viktor Ambartsumian
International Prize was established, which will be awarded once in two years
for outstanding scientific works in astrophysics as well as in related fields
of physics and mathematics (17 Apr) |
| 2009 |
|
Ambartsumian's statue in Yerevan was opened (15 Dec) |
| 2010 |
|
2nd release of V.A. Ambartsumian DVD (compiled by A.M.
Mickaelian) |
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