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STI Ecosystem
REPRESENTED
1.5%
of the Soviet population
30%
microelectronic
Sci-TEch Legacy
equipment production
for the Soviet defense industry
1967
the largest
1959
first Soviet computer systems
designed by Yerevan Research Institute
of Mathematical Machines
synchrotron accelerator
in the Soviet Union was activated in Armenia
10,000+ employees
1980
at Yerevan Research Institute
22,000+
researchers
130
research
institutions
7300+
researchers per
million population
For decades Armenia has been 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 )