Organization of Science
Hambardzumyan was a remarkable science organizer in Armenia, Russia and on the international level. He was the founder and the director of Byurakan Observatory - one of the main astronomy centers of the USSR, the vice-president and then the president of Armenian Academy of Sciences, member of presidium of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the vice-president (1948–1955) and the president (1961-1964 of the International Astronomical Union and twice was elected as the president of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1966–1972).
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