# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-ambartsumian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:58:26.293Z

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name: "Victor Ambartsumian"
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description: "Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet and Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator. One of the 20th century's leading astronomers, he is widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union."
tagline: "Soviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996)"
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birthDate: "1908-09-05"
deathDate: "1996-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump