Prominent Armenians - 100th Anniversary of Grigor Gurzadyan

On July 28th, 2022, one postage stamp dedicated to the theme “Prominent Armenians. 100th Anniversary of Grigor Gurzadyan” has been put into circulation.

The postage stamp with the nominal value of 380 AMD depicts a prominent Armenian scientist, astrophysicist Grigor Gurzadyan (1922-2014) against the background of a planetary nebula.

Grigor Gurzadyan is one of the pioneers of space astronomy. He created a number of scientific devices and optical systems, studied the physics and dynamics of planetary nebulae, created a theory of flare stars, developed the "Orion" and "Orion-2" space systems.