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Years		Events
1931-1935		Pulkovo Observatory research associate
1931-1932		Scientific Secretary of the Pulkovo Observatory
1931-1934		Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Astrophysics at the Leningrad State University (courses of Astrophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics, and Theoretical Physics)
1933-1934		Head of the Division of Astrophysics of the LSU Astronomical Observatory
1934		Professor of the Leningrad State University (LSU)
1934-1946		Head of the first in the Soviet Union Chair of astrophysics at the Leningrad State University
1935		Scientific degree of Doctor of physical-mathematical sciences (without defense of thesis)
1937-1944		Scientific Head of the Yerevan Astronomical Observatory
1939		Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1939-1941		Director of the Astronomical Observatory of the Leningrad State University
1940		Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)
1940		Title of Honorary Scientist of the Armenian SSR
1941-1943		Pro-Rector of the Leningrad State University on scientific affairs
1941-1943		Head of the Scientific-Research branch of the University, evacuated to Elabuga (Tatar ASSR)
1943		Full member (also Founding member) of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences
1943-1947		First Vice-President of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences
1944		Labour Red Banner Order for outstanding services in preparing astronomy specialists and on the occasion of 125th anniversary of the Leningrad University
1944-1994		Head of the newly created Chair of Astrophysics at the Yerevan State University
1944-1946		Director of the Yerevan Astrophysical Observatory of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences
1944-1946		Chairman of the Astronomical Commission of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1944-1959		Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Doklady Arm. SSR Acad. Sci." ("Reports of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences")
1944-1979		Member of the Editorial Board of the "Astronomicheski Zhournal" of the USSR Acad. Sci. ("Soviet Astronomy", later "Astronomy Reports")
1945		Lenin Order for outstanding services in development of science and engineering and on occasion of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Acad. Sci.
1946		Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
1946		USSR (Stalin) State prize for creation of the new theory of light scattering in turbid medium
1946-1988		Director of the newly founded Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) of the Arm. SSR Acad. Sci.
1946-1985		Editor-in-Chief of the "Communications of the Byurakan Observatory"
1947		Honorary member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS)
1947		Professor of the Yerevan State University (YSU)
1947-1993		President of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences
1947-1956		Chairman of the Editorial-Publishing Council of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences
1947-1972		Member of the Committee on Lenin and USSR State prizes in the field of science and engineering at the USSR Council of Ministers
1947-1996		Chairman of the Administrative Board of the "Knowledge" society of the Armenian SSR
1948-		Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR
1948-1955		Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
1949-1953		Chairman of the Armenian Republican Committee of supporters of peace
1950		USSR (Stalin) State prize for the discovery and study of new type of stellar systems, "stellar associations" (together with B.E. Markarian)
1952-1964		Chairman of the Commission on Cosmogony of the USSR Acad. Sci.
1953		Labour Red Banner Order for long service and stainless work
1953		Full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1953		Honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society (Great Britain)
1953		Corresponding member of the Royal Society (Academy of sciences) of Belgium (Liege)
1953		Member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
1955-1988		Member of the Presidium of the USSR Acad. Sci.
1955		Member of the Council on the coordination of works of Academies of Sciences of the Union Republics
1956		Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Austria
1956		Janssen Medal of the French Astronomical Society for scientific services
1956		Member of the Committee on Lenin prizes
1957		Corresponding member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin
1957		Foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston)
1958-1974		Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of France
1958		Lenin Order for outstanding services in the field of development of astronomy and on the occasion of his 50th anniversary
1959		Member of the USA National Academy of Sciences
1959		Foreign member of the German Academy of Naturalists ("Leopoldina") in Halle (GDR)
1959		Honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
1960		Catherine Bruce gold medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (California, USA) for outstanding services in the field of astronomy
1960		Gold medal of the Great Britain Royal Astronomical Society for works in the field of theoretical astrophysics and stellar astronomy. On the occasion of the official award of the medal Ambartsumian gave a George-Darwin lecture at the session of the Society in London "Evolution of Stellar Systems"
1960		Medal "For Labour Valour"
1961-1964		President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
1963		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Australian National University (Canberra)
1965-1987		Editor-in-Chief of the newly founded journal "Astrofizika" ("Astrophysics")
1965		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Paris (Sorbonne) University as a recognition of services to world science. Several lectures during his visit to Paris
1965-1974		Chairman of the Editorial Board of the first "Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia"
1965-1987		Chairman of the Scientific-Publishing Council of the first "Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia"
1966		Member of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
1967		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Liege University (Belgium)
1967		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Carlov (Praha) University (Czechoslovakia). Lecture during the award ceremony at the IAU General Assembly in Prague
1967		Member of the Italian National Academy of Sciences "Dei Lincei"
1968-1970		President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) (first term)
1968		Title of the Hero of Socialist Labour with investiture of Lenin Order and Gold medal "Hammer and Sickle" for great services in the development of astronomical science and on the occasion of his 60th anniversary
1968		Title of Honorary Scientist of the Georgian SSR
1969		Cyril & Mefodiy Order of I degree by Presidium of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Bulgaria for successes in development of science
1969		Honorary member of the London Royal Society (Great Britain Academy of Sciences)
1969		Honorary member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (England)
1969		Honorary member of the Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Poland
1970		S.I. Vavilov medal by the Presidium of Administration of the All-Union Society "Knowledge" for services in popularization of political and scientific knowledge
1970		Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
1970-1972		President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) (second term)
1970		Gold medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific and social activity and for services to humanity
1970-		Chairman of the Committee of the Armenian SSR State prizes in the field of science and engineering at the Armenian SSR Council of Ministers
1971		Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Denmark
1971		Founding member and member of the Council of the USSR Philosophical Society
1971		Helmholtz medal by the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (GDR) for successes in the field of natural sciences
1971		M.V. Lomonosov Gold medal, the highest award of the USSR Acad. Sci., by the Presidium of the Academy for outstanding achievements in the field of astronomy and astrophysics; Lomonosov talk at the award ceremony: "Non-Stationary Phenomena in the World of Stars and Galaxies"
1972		Honorary member of the Azerbaijan SSR Acad. Sci.
1972		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Warsaw University (Poland)
1972		In honour to V.A. Ambartsumian, the asteroid #1905 was named "Ambartsumian" (discovered by T.M. Smirnova in Crimea on 14 May 1972)
1973		Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden
1973		Order of "Service" of the III degree by the Government of Poland for outstanding scientific services
1973		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the Nicolaus Copernicus Torun University (Poland)
1973		Honorary member of the New-York Academy of Sciences
1974		Foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of Bulgaria
1974		Kotenius Gold medal by the German Academy of Naturalists ("Leopoldina") in Halle (GDR)
1974		Foreign member of the Cordoba (Argentina) Academy of Sciences
1974		Sarmiento medal by the Cordoba (Argentina) Academy of Sciences for scientific and pedagogical services
1974		Title of Honorary Doctor (honoris causa) of the La-Plata University (Argentina)
1974		Lenin Order for scientific services on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the USSR Acad. Sci.
1974-1987		Chairman of the United Scientific Council on Astronomy of the USSR Acad. Sci.
1975		Order of "Banner" of the Hungarian People's Republic
1976		Participation in the 2nd Joint Colloquium of the Byurakan and Abastumani (Georgia) astrophysical observatories (Abastumani, May); talk
1976		Foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of India
1976-		Member of the Editorial Board of the "Reports of the USSR Academy of Sciences"
1977-1996		Chairman of the Specialized Council for Theses Defense at BAO
1978		Honorary member of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences
1978		Foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia
1978		Corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics
1978		Foreign member (Associe etranger) of the Academy of Sciences of France
1978		Title of the Hero of Socialist Labour with investiture of Lenin Order and second Gold medal "Hammer and Sickle" for outstanding services in the development of the Soviet science and on the occasion of his 70th anniversary
1979		Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Hungary
1981-1991		Member of the Editorial Board of the international journal “Vistas in Astronomy” (“Astronomy Prospects”, UK)
1981-199?		Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Nauka v SSSR" ("Science in the USSR")
1982		Honorary citizen of Tbilisi (Georgia)
1983		Foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of Athens (Greece)
1983		October Revolution Order for scientific services and on the occasion of his 75th anniversary
1984		Gold medal of the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakia for scientific services
1984		Foreign member of the Syrian Scientific Society (Academy of sciences)
1985		Honorary member of the Society of History of Science of Syria
1985		Honorary citizen of Yerevan
1987		Councilor of the Armenian Philosophical Academy
1988-1990		Chairman of the Editorial Board of the "Armenian Brief Encyclopedia"
1988-1995		Chairman of the Scientific-Publishing Council of the "Armenian Brief Encyclopedia"
1988-1996		Honorary Director of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) of the Armenian National Acad. Sci.
1988		Order of "Honour"
1988		State Prize of the Armenian SSR
1990		Honorary President of the Armenian Philosophical Society
1992		Full member of the European Academy (London)
1992		Full member of the Academy of Creation (Russia)
1993-1996		Honorary President of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences
1994-1996		Councilor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1994		Motherland Order and title of "National Hero of Armenia" for creation of scientific values of international significance, exceptional services in the field of organization of science
1994		George Gamow prize and medal of the Russian Academy of Creation for outstanding contribution in the development of astrophysics
1994		Annual national prize of the All-Armenian Foundation "Hayastan" in the field of science and culture
1994		Honorary member of the Armenian Philosophical Academy
1995		State prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and engineering for the scientific work "Dynamics of the Structure of Stellar Systems"
1996		Member of the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS)