Sergey Aleksandrovich Ambartsumian ( hy, Սերգեյ Համբարձումյան; 17 March 1922 – 4 August 2018), was a Soviet and Armenian scientist in the field of mechanics, academic and politician, Honored Scientist of the Armenian SSR in 1985.

Biography and career

Sergey Aleksandrovich Ambartsumian was born on 17 March 1922 in the Soviet city of Alexandropol (

Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...

). In 1938 he graduated from secondary school in Yerevan and in 1942 from the Faculty of Construction Mechanics of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, where he taught between 1943 and 1948. In 1946 he defended the tesis for

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "do ...

and became

Doktor nauk Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...

in 1952. Between 1946 and 1955 he was the Senior Researcher, Head of Sector, Deputy Director of the Institute of Building Materials and Structures of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences. In 1953 he received the title of professor, becoming member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR in 1956. Between 1959 and 1970 he was Director of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences. He was also deputy Chairman of the State Prize Committee since 1970 to 1992. In 1977 he was elected rector of

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

, office he held until 1991. As a politician, he was member of the Supreme Soviet of

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

at IX convocation (1975–1980) and of the

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

between 1979–1984 at the X convocation.

Membership

*Member of the

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. *Academician of the International Engineering Academy. *Honorary member of the Philosophical Academy of Armenia. *Member of the International Academy of Sciences of Education of Industry and Art. *Professor of the Institute of Informatics and Business of Penninsulaia. *Honorary Doctor of Bratislava University. *Honorary Professor of Yerevan Architectural and Construction University. *Member of the American Society of Mechanics. *Member of the Russian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. *Honorary member of the Society of Mechanics of the

Slovak Academy of Sciences The Slovak Academy of Sciences ( sk, Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestab ...

. *Member of the Society of Mechanics of Armenia.

Awards

* Order of Tigran the Great (2012) *

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(2007). *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1981). *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(1986). *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1976). *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1971). *Medal "For Labor Valor" (1955). *Honored Scientist of the Armenian SSR (1985). *Order of the

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"Saints Saak and Mesrop." *Medal of SI Vavilov. *Medal of Jan Amos of Comenius (1984). *Medal "Fighter for Peace" of the Soviet Union for the Protection of Peace. *Gold medal of Yerevan State University. *Gold Medal of the

University of Montpellier The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public university, public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest univ ...

(1986). *The Big Gold Medal of the International Engineering Academy. *The big silver medal is the International Engineering Academy. *Honorary citizen of Yerevan (2012). *Honorary citizen of Gyumri. *Honorary Citizen of

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(1986).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ambartsumian, Sergey 1922 births 2018 deaths Armenian scientists People from Gyumri Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Soviet scientists