Benjamin Makarian
Discoverer of a group of galaxies names Markarian’s Chain Benjamin « Benik » Egishevitch Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) born November 29, 1913, died September 29, 1985 in Yerevan, was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian’s Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He […]
Leon Orbeli
Developer of evolutionary physiology Leon Abgarovich Orbeli was an Armenian physiologist active in the Russian SFSR. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and Armenian SSR (the latter was founded by his brother Joseph Orbeli). Leon Orbeli became director of the Institute of Physiology in 1950. Orbeli played an important part in the development of evolutionary physiology and wrote […]
Elizaveta Shahkhatuni
1st female aeronautical engineer in the USSR Elizaveta Shahkhatuni was a Soviet-Armenian aeronautical engineer and university teacher. Biography Elizaveta Avetovna Shahkhatuni was born in present-day Armenia in December 1911. Her mother was a teacher, while her father Awetis Schachatunjan was a Transcaucasian politician and one of the exponents of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Shahkhatuni left school to study […]
Norair Sisakian
One of the founders of space biology Norair Martirosovich Sisakian (Sissakian) was a Soviet biologist of Armenian origin who worked as an engineer in the Soviet space program, working mainly on biomechanics effects. Sisakian is also one of the founders of space biology, an outstanding organizer of science, a member of the Pugwash movement. He was a Member of the Presidium of […]
