Astronomy & Astrophysics (CAUCASUS)-VOLUME 4

Abstract

The IV volume of Journal “Astronomy & Astrophysics (Caucasus)” was dedicated to the 110th Anniversary of Academician Victor Hambardzumyan.

AcademicianVictor Hambardzumyan President of International Union of Astronomy (in 1961 – 1964 and 1966 – 72) Victor Hamazaspovich Hambardzumyan was born on 18 September, 1908, in Tbilisi. He was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellarsystems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, and made a great contribution to mathematical physics.

Hambardzumyan founded Byurakan Observatory in 1946. He was the second and longestserving president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1947–93) and also served as the president of the International Astronomical Union from 1961 to 1964. He was twice elected the President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1966–72). II He was a foreign member of many academies, including the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences and the Indian Academy of Sciences. Among his numerous awards are Stalin Prize (1946, 1950), the Hero of Socialist Labor (1968, 1978), the State Prize of the Russian Federation, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Bruce Gold Medal and the National Hero of Armenia.

The great scientist deceased on 12 August 1996.