Viktor Ambartsumian
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Viktor Ambartsumian
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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. Educated at Leningrad State University (LSU) and the Pulkovo Observatory, Ambartsumian taught at LSU and founded the Soviet Union's first department of astrophysics there in 1934. He subsequently moved to Soviet Armenia, where he founded the Byurakan Observatory in
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Soviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Ambartsumian
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2004-04-27T19:29:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T19:34:33Z
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