STI Ecosystem
Sci-Tech Legacy
1.5%
1959
of the Soviet population
30%
first Soviet computer systems
microelectronic
REPRESENTED
designed by Yerevan Research Institute
of Mathematical Machines
equipment production
for the Soviet defense industry
1967
the largest
synchrotron accelerator
in the Soviet Union was activated in Armenia
1980
22,000+
researchers
10,000+ employees
at Yerevan Research Institute
130
research
institutions
7300+
researchers per
million population
For decades Armenia was the main scientific hub in the region, with 2 major
institutions serving as key research and R&D centers of the Soviet Union
National Academy of Sciences with more
than 34 scientific & research institutes
A.I. Alikhanian National Science Laboratory
Foundation (Yerevan Physics Institute)