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Byurakan
Բյուրական
View of Byurakan as seen from the village of Tegher
View of Byurakan as seen from the village of Tegher
Coat of arms of Byurakan
Byurakan is located in Armenia
Byurakan
Byurakan
Byurakan is located in Aragatsotn
Byurakan
Byurakan
Coordinates: 40°20′24″N 44°16′13″E / 40.34000°N 44.27028°E / 40.34000; 44.27028
CountryArmenia
ProvinceAragatsotn
MunicipalityAshtarak
Government
 • MayorZarzand Babayan
Area
 • Total21.27 km2 (8.21 sq mi)
Elevation
1,460 m (4,790 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,345
Time zoneUTC+4

Byurakan (Armenian: Բյուրական) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats. The village is home to several historical sites including the 7th-century Artavazik Church, the 10th-century basilica of Saint Hovhannes and a huge 13th-century khachkar monument.

It is also home to the Byurakan Observatory.

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Byurakan

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Byurakan (Armenian: Բյուրական) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the slope of Mount Aragats....

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Byurakan Observatory

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The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory (Armenian: Բյուրականի աստղադիտարան, romanized: Byurakani astghaditaran) is an astronomical...

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Byurakan Conference

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The Byurakan Conference was held at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in Armenia in 1964, at the initiative of the young scientist Nikolai Kardashev...

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Viktor Ambartsumian

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in 1934. He subsequently moved to Soviet Armenia, where he founded the Byurakan Observatory in 1946. It became his institutional base for the decades to...

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Markarian galaxies

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for this kind of galaxy. The First Byurakan Survey commenced in 1965 using the Schmidt telescope at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in Armenian...

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Aragatsotn Province

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the province. Luxury hotels are found in Byurakan, Aghtsk and Ashtarak. Byurakan is also home to the Byurakan Observatory. The Mount Aragats and Lake Kari...

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Mount Aragats

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The Byurakan Observatory, established in 1946 by Victor Ambartsumian, is located on the southern slopes of Aragats, near the village of Byurakan, at an...

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Elma Parsamyan

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an Soviet and Armenian astrophysicist and astronomer. She works at the Byurakan Observatory. She serves as the Principal Research Associate of the scientific...

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Kardashev scale

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consumption). Kardashev first outlined his scale in a paper presented at the 1964 Byurakan conference in Armenia, a scientific meeting that reviewed the Soviet radio...

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Amberd

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Church, the 11th-century Armenian church near the castle. The village of Byurakan is 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) from the site of Amberd. In 2024, the pan-European...

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List of observatory codes

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Observatory (Observatoire des Pises) Occ Pises Observatory 123 Byurakan Observatory - Byurakan 124 Castres Observatory (Observatoire de Castres) Occ Castres...

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Diocese of Aragatsotn

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century Saint Stephen Church, Kosh, 7th century Surp Hovhannes Church, Byurakan, 10th Church of the Holy Mother of God, Otevan, 11th century Church of...

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Maro Markarian

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region, Georgia – January 28 or 29, 1999, Yerevan, Armenia (buried in Byurakan) was an Armenian poet, translator, member of the USSR Writers Union since...

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Salyut 1

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astrophysical Orion 1 Space Observatory designed by Grigor Gurzadyan of Byurakan Observatory in Armenia, was installed in Salyut 1. Ultraviolet spectrograms...

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Luna 2

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kilometres (400 mi) diameter and was seen by observatories in Alma Ata, Byurakan, Abastumani, Tbilisi, and Stalinabad. This vapour cloud also acted as an...

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Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator

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monasteries Armenia Aragatsotn Arshakid Mausoleum Aruchavank Astvatsankal Byurakan Garnahovit Hovhannavank Karbi Karmravor Kasagh Kosh Kristapori Vank Mastara...

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Bottled water in Armenia

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region of Byurakan, Kotayk. Brands include: Byurakan (mineral). Byurakan (mineral, carbonated). Byurakan (spring). JurJur Water (Everyday LLC), founded...

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Armenian National Academy of Sciences

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Informatics and Automation Problems Division of Physics and Astrophysics Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics Institute...

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Carahunge

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Reports of Byurakan Observatory No. 57. The Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. 1985. pp. 101-103. ISSN 0370-8691 (http://byurakan.asj-oa.am/351/)[permanent...

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Armenian dram

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and Mount Ararat ֏100 Blue and grey Viktor Hambardzumyan (1908–1996) Byurakan Observatory ֏500 129 x 72 mm Grey Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936) Government...

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Armenian Quarter

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monasteries Armenia Aragatsotn Arshakid Mausoleum Aruchavank Astvatsankal Byurakan Garnahovit Hovhannavank Karbi Karmravor Kasagh Kosh Kristapori Vank Mastara...

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Marat Arakelian

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YSU students specialized in astrophysics. Arakelian was assigned to the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), where he worked first as assistant astronomer...

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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CETI), Proceedings of a conference held at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Yerevan, USSR, 5–11 September 1971. Edited by...

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Monastery of Saint Thaddeus

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monasteries Armenia Aragatsotn Arshakid Mausoleum Aruchavank Astvatsankal Byurakan Garnahovit Hovhannavank Karbi Karmravor Kasagh Kosh Kristapori Vank Mastara...

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