Viktor Hambardzumyan - Pedagogical Activity

Pedagogical Activity

Hambardzumyan combined his work in science with lecturing and other pedagogic activity. He is the author of the first in the USSR manual “Theoretical astrophysics” (1939) and a co-author of the course “Theoretical astrophysics” (1952), translated into many languages. From 1931 he lectured at Lenigrad University. In 1937 Hambardzumyan founded in LU the first in the USSR Faculty of Astrophysics, which he headed till 1947. In 1939-1941 Ambartsumian held the positions of the Director of the LU Observatory and the pro-rector of LU for science. In 1941-1943 he was the Director of the Elabuga branch of the LU. In 1944 Ambartsumian founded a faculty of Astrophysics in Yerevan University. Hambardzumyan founded scientific schools in Leningrad and Byurakan that had influenced many branches of astronomy. V.A. Hambardzumyan immensely contributed into science popularization by publishing booklets and articles on different problems of astrophysics.