DEVOTEE OF SCIENCE: ARMENIAN - GEORGIAN COLLOQUIUM DEVOTED TO 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACADEMICIAN LYUDVIK MIRZOYAN
November 07, 2013 | 07:29
A joint Armenian - Georgian astronomical colloquium on unstable
stars and celestial objects, and devoted to the 90th anniversary of
Academician Lyudvik Mirzoyan, took place in Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
The tradition of Armenian - Georgian joint scientific meetings had been
established back in the 1970s, and by the initiative of Academician
Victor Hambartsumian. Both Victor Hambartsumian and Lyudvik Mirzoyan
have played a great role in the development of astronomy in Georgia
and, due to their efforts, several joint Armenian - Georgian scientific
programs had been implemented. They have educated several generations
of Georgian astronomers, guiding their scientific research works. The
above colloquium was the 14th in turn.
To note, this year in May-and on the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of prominent astrophysicist, Academician of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, First Armenian Member of the French International
Academy of Astronautics, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Armenian
Soviet Republic Lyudvik Mirzoyan-the presentation of the book entitled
Life Devoted to Byurakan, written by his daughter Nune Mirzoyan,
took place at the hall of the Presidium of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan is one of the best representatives of the first
generation of Armenian astronomers who had founded Byurakan Observatory
and the Byurakan direction in science. For thirty years he had
been the assistant of Victor Hambartsumian at Byurakan Observatory
and has a huge input in formulation of the modern understanding of
star formation, thus becoming the pioneer in Armenian observational
astronomy.
The book presents Lyudvik Mirzoyan`s life and scientific activities,
which are directly connected with the foundation and establishment of
Byurakan Observatory. The memories of his colleagues, students and
contemporaries are included in the book. His valuable contribution
to Armenian science is widely acknowledged.
The name of Academician Lyudvik Mirzoyan is closely connected with
Byurakan Observatory and the development of astronomy, as well as
with the whole history of science.
Mirzoyan`s biography has reflected the whole controversial historical
period, when loftiness and the tragic were next to each other.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan was born in 1923. He had shown great interest toward
studies from early childhood, finishing school with excellent results,
he had entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Yerevan State
University. But his studies were interrupted by the Second World War
and he was obliged to leave the university for military service.
The happy childhood ended for him in 1930, when his father Vasili
Mirzoyan, a repatriate from Maku, was arrested and killed. Years
later, however, the accusations against his father were proved to be
false. But before this happened, Lyudvik had to endure the nightmare.
The 15-year-old boy had become the only man of the family and he had
to take care of his mother and two small sisters. Nevertheless, his
aspiration for studies was so strong that after finishing school he
continued studies at the university, parallel to working as a laborer.
According to the memories of his sister Nina Garibjanian-Mirzoyan,
he was serving together with Hungarian and German military captives,
building the VictoryBridge in Yerevan, since Stalin's regime did not
trust those whose parents were arrested.
After the war he passed all exams as external student and, in 1947, he
graduated from the university with honors. The same year he attracted
the attention of Academician Victor Hambartsumian, who was looking
for students with outstanding abilities for the newly established
Byurakan Observatory. Hambartsumian suggested him to continue his
studies under his scientific guidance, and at the same time, to work at
the observatory, participating in its establishment. In 1951, Lyudvik
Mirzoyan was granted the scientific degree of Doctor of Astronomy.
In 1953, Mirzoyan was appointed Scientific Secretary of the
Observatory, and since 1959, and for almost thirty years, he was the
deputy of Victor Hambartsumian, Director of Byurakan Observatory. He
has worked productively for all those years, both as an organizer of
science and an administrator.
This was the period when Byurakan Observatory had an impetuous
development and serious scientific achievements, becoming one of
the leading observatories and scientific centers in the world. It
deservedly became the symbol of Armenian science and the "business
card" of Armenia.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan was one of the first students of Hambartsumian.
Subsequently, he himself became the teacher of all generations of
Armenian astronomers, giving lectures at YerevanStateUniversity for
almost half a century. Many of his foreign postgraduate students today
continue working at a variety of foreign observatories and scientific
centers and remember their teacher with deep gratitude.
His sustainable and fundamental scientific activity was aimed to
develop and prove the revolutionary ideas put forward by Academician
Hambartsumian and Byurakan Scientific School. Mirzoyan`s research
work was devoted to the study of the processes of star formations
and young stars.
He is the author of numerous scientific monographs, 200 scientific
papers, and many popular scientific articles and books.
Since 1965, Mirzoyan was Deputy Chief-Editor of the international
scientific journal Astrofizika (editor-in-chief was Victor
Hambartsumian), and since 1988, he became its editor-in-chief.
Academician Mirzoyan was also a member of the Scientific Editorial
Council of the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia and the author of most
of the astronomical articles in this oeuvre.
During his years in office, Byurakan Observatory had a wide cooperation
with numerous leading observatories and scientific centers of the
world, many mutual and long-term visits were held, and they favored
the image of Armenian science and scientists.
He was decorated with a number of medals, among them the medal of
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for educating a generation of high
professionals for the Bulgarian observatory.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan`s daughters Nune and Anahit and his son Ara remember
him as a kind and caring, but at the same time a very strict father.
He liked classical music; he was interested in linguistic issues,
and was a member in the Committee for Terminology of Armenia. He had
created many scientific terminologies in Armenian in the fields of
astrophysics, physics, and mathematics.
When Lyudvik Mirzoyan was elected member of the French International
Academy of Astronautics-and being the first Armenian-and an advisor for
the Paris Institute of Astronomy, he learned French in three months.
Fourteen years have passed since the passing of this honorable man. It
is time to name a street in Yerevan and a street in Byurakan after
Lyudvik Mirzoyan.
It will be fair if the name of this patriotic scientist is also
physically present in those two places where his spiritual presence
still exists.
http://news.am/eng/news/179518.html
November 07, 2013 | 07:29
A joint Armenian - Georgian astronomical colloquium on unstable
stars and celestial objects, and devoted to the 90th anniversary of
Academician Lyudvik Mirzoyan, took place in Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
The tradition of Armenian - Georgian joint scientific meetings had been
established back in the 1970s, and by the initiative of Academician
Victor Hambartsumian. Both Victor Hambartsumian and Lyudvik Mirzoyan
have played a great role in the development of astronomy in Georgia
and, due to their efforts, several joint Armenian - Georgian scientific
programs had been implemented. They have educated several generations
of Georgian astronomers, guiding their scientific research works. The
above colloquium was the 14th in turn.
To note, this year in May-and on the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of prominent astrophysicist, Academician of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, First Armenian Member of the French International
Academy of Astronautics, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Armenian
Soviet Republic Lyudvik Mirzoyan-the presentation of the book entitled
Life Devoted to Byurakan, written by his daughter Nune Mirzoyan,
took place at the hall of the Presidium of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan is one of the best representatives of the first
generation of Armenian astronomers who had founded Byurakan Observatory
and the Byurakan direction in science. For thirty years he had
been the assistant of Victor Hambartsumian at Byurakan Observatory
and has a huge input in formulation of the modern understanding of
star formation, thus becoming the pioneer in Armenian observational
astronomy.
The book presents Lyudvik Mirzoyan`s life and scientific activities,
which are directly connected with the foundation and establishment of
Byurakan Observatory. The memories of his colleagues, students and
contemporaries are included in the book. His valuable contribution
to Armenian science is widely acknowledged.
The name of Academician Lyudvik Mirzoyan is closely connected with
Byurakan Observatory and the development of astronomy, as well as
with the whole history of science.
Mirzoyan`s biography has reflected the whole controversial historical
period, when loftiness and the tragic were next to each other.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan was born in 1923. He had shown great interest toward
studies from early childhood, finishing school with excellent results,
he had entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Yerevan State
University. But his studies were interrupted by the Second World War
and he was obliged to leave the university for military service.
The happy childhood ended for him in 1930, when his father Vasili
Mirzoyan, a repatriate from Maku, was arrested and killed. Years
later, however, the accusations against his father were proved to be
false. But before this happened, Lyudvik had to endure the nightmare.
The 15-year-old boy had become the only man of the family and he had
to take care of his mother and two small sisters. Nevertheless, his
aspiration for studies was so strong that after finishing school he
continued studies at the university, parallel to working as a laborer.
According to the memories of his sister Nina Garibjanian-Mirzoyan,
he was serving together with Hungarian and German military captives,
building the VictoryBridge in Yerevan, since Stalin's regime did not
trust those whose parents were arrested.
After the war he passed all exams as external student and, in 1947, he
graduated from the university with honors. The same year he attracted
the attention of Academician Victor Hambartsumian, who was looking
for students with outstanding abilities for the newly established
Byurakan Observatory. Hambartsumian suggested him to continue his
studies under his scientific guidance, and at the same time, to work at
the observatory, participating in its establishment. In 1951, Lyudvik
Mirzoyan was granted the scientific degree of Doctor of Astronomy.
In 1953, Mirzoyan was appointed Scientific Secretary of the
Observatory, and since 1959, and for almost thirty years, he was the
deputy of Victor Hambartsumian, Director of Byurakan Observatory. He
has worked productively for all those years, both as an organizer of
science and an administrator.
This was the period when Byurakan Observatory had an impetuous
development and serious scientific achievements, becoming one of
the leading observatories and scientific centers in the world. It
deservedly became the symbol of Armenian science and the "business
card" of Armenia.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan was one of the first students of Hambartsumian.
Subsequently, he himself became the teacher of all generations of
Armenian astronomers, giving lectures at YerevanStateUniversity for
almost half a century. Many of his foreign postgraduate students today
continue working at a variety of foreign observatories and scientific
centers and remember their teacher with deep gratitude.
His sustainable and fundamental scientific activity was aimed to
develop and prove the revolutionary ideas put forward by Academician
Hambartsumian and Byurakan Scientific School. Mirzoyan`s research
work was devoted to the study of the processes of star formations
and young stars.
He is the author of numerous scientific monographs, 200 scientific
papers, and many popular scientific articles and books.
Since 1965, Mirzoyan was Deputy Chief-Editor of the international
scientific journal Astrofizika (editor-in-chief was Victor
Hambartsumian), and since 1988, he became its editor-in-chief.
Academician Mirzoyan was also a member of the Scientific Editorial
Council of the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia and the author of most
of the astronomical articles in this oeuvre.
During his years in office, Byurakan Observatory had a wide cooperation
with numerous leading observatories and scientific centers of the
world, many mutual and long-term visits were held, and they favored
the image of Armenian science and scientists.
He was decorated with a number of medals, among them the medal of
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for educating a generation of high
professionals for the Bulgarian observatory.
Lyudvik Mirzoyan`s daughters Nune and Anahit and his son Ara remember
him as a kind and caring, but at the same time a very strict father.
He liked classical music; he was interested in linguistic issues,
and was a member in the Committee for Terminology of Armenia. He had
created many scientific terminologies in Armenian in the fields of
astrophysics, physics, and mathematics.
When Lyudvik Mirzoyan was elected member of the French International
Academy of Astronautics-and being the first Armenian-and an advisor for
the Paris Institute of Astronomy, he learned French in three months.
Fourteen years have passed since the passing of this honorable man. It
is time to name a street in Yerevan and a street in Byurakan after
Lyudvik Mirzoyan.
It will be fair if the name of this patriotic scientist is also
physically present in those two places where his spiritual presence
still exists.
http://news.am/eng/news/179518.html