What is Victor Hambartsumian?
'''Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian''' ({{lang-hy|Վիկտոր Համբարձումյան}}; 18 September 1908 - August 12, 1996) was an [[Armenia]]n [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astrophysicist]].<ref name=Tenn>{{cite web |url=http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/ambartsumian/ |title=Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian; 1960 Bruce Medalist |author=Joseph S. Tenn |date=21 March 2014 |work= |publisher=Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sonoma State University |accessdate=8 February 2015 |archive-date=25 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125081729/http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/ambartsumian/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was one of the [[wikt:founder|founder]]s of [[theoretical astrophysics]]. Ambartsumian worked in the field of [[physics]] of [[star]]s and [[nebulae]] and [[star|stellar]] [[astronomy]].<ref name=AAS>{{cite web |url=http://www.aras.am/FamousAstronomers/ambartsumian.html |title=Victor AMBARTSUMIAN (1908-1996) |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Armenian Astronomical Society |accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of the [[Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory]].<ref name=Tenn/> He was a member of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] (1953, corresponding member since 1939). He was also a member of the [[Armenian National Academy of Sciences]] and its [[president]] (1947-1993). == Honors == * He was twice a [[Hero of Socialist Labor]] (1968, 1978) * [[National Hero of Armenia]] (11 October 1994) * Twice winner of the [[Stalin Prize]] (1946, 1950) * In 1960 he was awarded the [[Bruce medal]].<ref name=Tenn/> * [[Laureate]] of the [[State Prize of the Russian Federation]] (1995) * Winner of the [[Prix Jules Janssen]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:Astrophysicists]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}}