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    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

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