Armenian National Academy of Sciences

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Formation	10 November 1943
Headquarters	Armenia
	The primary scientific body in Armenia

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The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia) is the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Armenia.

History

The academy was founded on November 10, 1943, on the basis of the Armenian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was established almost 10 years earlier, in 1935. Among its founders were Joseph Orbeli, Stepan Malkhasyants, Ivan Gevorkian and Victor Ambartsumian; Orbeli became the first president of the academy.

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