Orbeli family

Orbeli

Place of origin	Armenia
Members	Leon Orbeli Joseph Orbeli Ruben Orbeli Maria Orbeli Rusadan Orbeli Abgar Orbeli

The Orbeli family is an Armenian family, whose members have included notable scientists for over 12 centuries. The president of Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Osipov and the president of Armenian National Academy of Sciences Faddey Sarkisyan, referring to the Orbeli family, noted:

The e to science always ецензия на книгу Григорьян Н.А. НАУЧНАЯ ДИНАСТИЯ ОРБЕЛИ^[1]

Family members

• Joseph Orbeli (1887—1961) — Armenian and Soviet orientalist, historian, and academician who specialized in medieval history of Southern Caucasus and administered the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951. Of Armenian descent, he was the founder and first president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences (1943–47).
• Leon Orbeli (1882—1958) — Armenian and Soviet physiologist and academician.
  • Maria Orbeli (1916 — 1949) — Soviet physicist and daughter of Leon Orbeli.
    • Abgar Orbeli (born 1939) — Soviet and Russian physiologist and grandson of Leon Orbeli.
• Ruben Orbeli (1880—1943) — Armenian and Soviet Union scientist. He was one of the founders of soviet underwater archaeology.
  • Rusadan Orbeli (1910 — 1985) — Soviet orientalist and daughter of Ruben Orbeli.

Memory

Movie

• Orbeli's code (Russian: Код Орбели) — Armenian-Russian documentary film. It was filmed in 2012.

Toponyms

• Orbeli st — street in Yerevan
• Orbeli st — street in Kryvyi Rih
• Orbeli st — street in Nizhny Novgorod
• Orbeli st — street in Saint Petersburg

References

1. Shkrob, Alexandre. "VIVOS VOCO: В.И. Оноприенко, Рецензия на книгу Н. Григорьян, «Научная династия Орбели»".