The Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots () is awarded for significant achievements in economic development of

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 ...

, natural and social sciences, inventions, culture, education, healthcare, and public service, as well as for activities promoting scientific, technological,

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and cultural cooperation with foreign countries. The law on the St. Mesrop Mashtots Order has been in effect since July 26, 1993. It is named after Mesrop Mashtots.

Awards granted

* Alexander Arutiunian * Edvard Mirzoyan * Svetlana Navasardyan *

Silva Kaputikyan Silva Kaputikyan ( hy, ) (20 January 1919 – 25 August 2006) was an Armenian poet and political activist. One of the best-known Armenian writers of the twentieth century, she is recognized as "the leading poetess of Armenia" and "the grand lad ...

Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian ( hy, Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան, Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenians, Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation. A ches ...

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* Chris Bohjalian *

Aram Chobanian Aram V. Chobanian (born August 10, 1929) served as president ''ad interim'' of Boston University from 2003 until June 9, 2005, when, in recognition of Chobanian's work, the Board of Trustees voted to remove “ad interim” from his title and desi ...

Grigor Gurzadyan Grigor Gurzadyan ( hy, Գրիգոր Գուրզադյան) (15 October 1922 – 22 February 2014) was an Armenian astronomer, and pioneer of space astronomy. Life Gurzadyan was born in 1922 in Baghdad, to parents that survived the Armenian gen ...

Rober Haddeciyan Rober Haddeciyan (also spelled and pronounced as Haddedjian) ( hy, Ռոպէր Հատտէճեան, born January 26, 1926 in Istanbul, Turkey), also known as Rober Haddeler, is an Armenian writer, playwright, and since 1967 editor-in-chief of '' Marm ...

* Richard Hovannisian *

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* Samvel Karapetyan * Sirvart Karamanuk *

Yuri Khatchaturov Yuri Grigorii Khachaturov ( hy, Յուրի Գրիգորիի Խաչատուրով; born 1 May 1952) is an Armenian general. He formerly served as the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and as Chief of the Genera ...

* Dickran Kouymjian * Sergey Lavrov *

Arthur Meschian Arthur (Artashes) Meschian ( hy, Արթուր Մեսչյան; born March 3, 1949) is an Armenian architect, musician, composer, poet, singer and painter. He is also known as one of the founders of Armenian rock. He was the founder and the lead s ...

Vladimir Movsisyan Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Մովսիսյան ''Vladimir Movsishan'', 12 November 1933 in Shenavan, Spitak region, Armenia – 5 November 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian politician. He studied at Highest scho ...

* Arshak Petrosian *

Rubina Peroomian Rubina may refer to: *''Antidesma'', a tropical plant genus of about 170 species from the family Phyllanthaceae * Rubina (composition), by Joe Satriani * Rubina (actress) (born 1984), Indian actress * Rubina Bajwa (born 1986), Indian actress * R ...

Vartan Sirmakes Vartan Sirmakes ( hy, Վարդան Սրմաքեշ; born 11 February 1956) is a businessman who is the owner of Stade Nyonnais FC Stade Nyonnais is an association football club based in the town of Nyon, Switzerland. The team currently competes i ...

Vahe Vahian Vahe-Vahian (''Armenian'': Վահէ-Վահեան), born Sarkis Abdalian (22 December 1908, Gürün Turkey, died in 1998, Beirut, Lebanon), was an Armenian poet, writer, editor, pedagogue and orator. Personal life Vahe-Vahian was the fifth son ...

* Alla Pugacheva * Rita Vorperian *

Paul Guiragossian Paul Guiragossian (; 1926 – November 20, 1993) was an Armenian Lebanese painter. Biography Born to Armenian parents, who were survivors of the Armenian genocide, Paul Guiragossian experienced the consequences of exile from a very tender age. ...

* Alexey Miller *

Yuri Oganessian Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (russian: Юрий Цолакович Оганесян ; ''Yuri Ts'olaki Hovhannisyan'' . Oganessian is the Russified version of the Armenian last name Hovhannisyan. The article on Oganessian in the ''Armenian Soviet ...

Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian (born 1967) is an Armenian-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperatur ...

- the first Nobel Prize Laureate of Armenian origin

References

{{Reflist Orders, decorations, and medals of Armenia Awards established in 1993 1993 establishments in Armenia