RA National Academy of Sciences, main building

The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia'') is the Armenian

national academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanit ...

, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of

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and

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s in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. It is a member of the

International Science Council The International Science Council (ISC) is an international non-governmental organization that unites scientific bodies at various levels across the social and natural sciences. The ISC was formed with its inaugural general assembly on 4 July 201 ...

History

The Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded on 10 November 1943, on the basis of the Armenian Branch of the

Soviet Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

, which was established almost 10 years earlier, in 1935. Among its founders were

Joseph Orbeli Joseph Orbeli ( hy, Հովսեփ Աբգարի Օրբելի, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; russian: Иосиф Абгарович Орбели, Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli; 20 March ( O.S. 8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian orientalist, p ...

Stepan Malkhasyants Stepanos Sargsi Malkhasiants ( hy, Ստեփան Սարգսի Մալխասյանց; – July 21, 1947) was an Armenian academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer. An expert in classical Armenian literature, Malkhasiants wrote the cr ...

Ivan Gevorkian Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkian, born Hovannes Khachaturi Gevorkian Armenian: Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի Գևորգյան; Russian: Иван Христофорович Геворкян; (March 28, 1907 – October 19, 1989) was a Soviet ...

and

Victor Ambartsumian Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (russian: Виктор Амазаспович Амбарцумян; hy, Վիկտոր Համազասպի Համբարձումյան, ''Viktor Hamazaspi Hambardzumyan''; 12 August 1996) was a Soviet Armenian astr ...

; Orbeli became the first president of the academy.

Presidents

(1943–1947) *

(1947–1993) *

Fadey Sargsyan Fadey Sargsyan (, September 18, 1923 – January 11, 2010) was an Armenian scientist and politician. Sargsyan served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1977 to 1989. He was later the Presid ...

(1993–2006) * Radik Martirosyan (2006–2021) *

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(2021-present)

Structure

;Division of Mathematical and Technical Sciences *

Institute of Mathematics This is a list of Institutes of Mathematics or Mathematical Institutes. Americas * American Institute of Mathematics * Clay Mathematics Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, at the Université de Montréal * ...

*Institute of Mechanics *Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems ;Division of Physics and Astrophysics *

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*Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics *Institute of Applied Problems of Physics *

Institute for Physical Research The Institute for Physical Research ( hy, Ֆիզիկական Հետազոտությունների Ինստիտուտ) of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is a physics research institute located in Armenia. History Institute for Phys ...

;Division of Natural Sciences *Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies *Institute of Biochemistry *Institute of Botany *G.S.Davtyan Institute of Hydroponics Problems *Scientific and Production Center Armbiotechnology *Institute of Biotechnology Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” *“Institute of Microbiology” Scientific and Production Center “Armbiotechnology” *Division of Natural Sciences Microbial Depository Center *Institute of Molecular Biology *Institute of Physiology *Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology *Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology- Institute of Zoology *Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology- Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology ;Division of Chemistry and Earth Sciences *Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry *Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry *Institute of Organic Chemistry of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry *Molecular Structure Research Center of Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry *Institute of Chemical Physics *Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry *Institute of Geological Sciences *Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology after A. Nazarov ;Division of Armenology and Social Sciences * Institute of History *Institute of Philosophy and Law *M. Kotanyan Institute of Economics *Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography *Institute of Oriental Studies *H. Acharian Institute of Language *M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature *Institute of Art * Museum-Institute of Genocide *Shirak Armenology Research Center * Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House *All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies

References

External links

Official websiteInternational Scientific-Educational Center of National Academy of Sciences of ArmeniaAbout Armenian National Academy of Sciences

Research institutes in Armenia Science and technology in Armenia USSR Academy of Sciences Language regulators 1943 establishments in the Soviet Union Scientific organizations established in 1943 Armenian studies Members of the International Council for Science Members of the International Science Council {{Armenia-school-stub

History

Presidents

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See also

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