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Victor Ambartsumian

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Soviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908-1996)

ScientistsLived 1908 to 1996 · aged 87
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Peak1980s
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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.

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Awards 40

1995State Prize of the Russian Federation
1994National Hero of Armenia
1988Order of the Badge of Honour
1988Armenian SSR State Prize
1983Order of the October Revolution
1978Order of Lenin
1978"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
1978Hero of Socialist Labour
1974Cothenius Medal
1974Order of Lenin
1973Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
1971Lomonosov Gold Medal
1971Helmholtz Medal
1969Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1968Order of Lenin
1968"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
1968Hero of Socialist Labour
1965doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
1960Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1960Medal "For Labour Valour"
1960Bruce Medal
1958Order of Lenin
1956Prix Jules Janssen
1956Janssen Medal
1953Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1950State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
1950USSR State Prize
1946Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
1946USSR State Prize
1945Order of Lenin
1944Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1941Deserved scientist of ArmSSR
honorary citizen of Yerevan
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
Order of Cyril and Methodius
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Honored Scientist of Armenia
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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Connected to Victor 6

Charles AznavourAlso won National Hero of ArmeniaGustav KirchhoffAlso won Janssen MedalJocelyn Bell BurnellAlso won Prix Jules JanssenKatalin KarikóAlso won Helmholtz MedalShavarsh KarapetyanAlso won honorary citizen of YerevanGiovanni SchiaparelliAlso won Cothenius Medal

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1996 · aged 87
Written about in
31 languages

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