The Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots () is awarded for significant achievements in economic development of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, natural and social sciences, inventions, culture, education, healthcare, and public service, as well as for activities promoting

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technological Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible tools such as ute ...

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and cultural cooperation with foreign countries. The law on the St. Mesrop Mashtots Order has been in effect since July 26, 1993. It is named after

Mesrop Mashtots Mesrop Mashtots (; , ' 362February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenians, Armenian Linguistics, linguist, composer, Christian theology, theologian, Politician, statesman, and Hymnology, hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic C ...

Awards granted

Alexander Arutiunian Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto (Arutiunian), Trumpet Concerto. A professor at Komitas State Conservatory of ...

Edvard Mirzoyan Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoyan (; May 12, 1921 – October 5, 2012) was an Armenians, Armenian composer. Edvard Mirzoyan was born in Gori, Georgia, Gori, Georgia (country), Georgia. He called himself an atheist, but added, "There is only one planet on ...

* Svetlana Navasardyan *

Silva Kaputikyan Silva Kaputikyan () (20 January 1919 – 25 August 2006) was an Armenian poet and political activist. One of the best-known Armenian writers of the twentieth century, she is recognized as "the leading poetess of Armenia" and "the grand lady of t ...

Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian (; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former world rapid and blit ...

Zori Balayan Zori Hayki Balayan (, born February 10, 1935) is an Armenian novelist, journalist, sports doctor, traveler and sports expert. He was awarded the "Renowned master of the Arts" an Armenian official title. Biography Balayan was born in Stepanaker ...

Chris Bohjalian Chris A. Bohjalian () is an American novelist and the author of over twenty novels, including '' Midwives'' (1997), '' The Sandcastle Girls'' (2012), '' The Guest Room'' (2016), and '' The Flight Attendant'' (2018). Bohjalian's work has been publ ...

Aram Chobanian Aram Van Chobanian (August 10, 1929 – August 31, 2023) was an American academic administrator. He served as president ''ad interim'' of Boston University from 2003 until June 9, 2005, when, in recognition of Chobanian's work, the board of trust ...

Grigor Gurzadyan Grigor Gurzadyan () (15 October 1922 – 22 February 2014) was an Armenians, Armenian astronomer, and pioneer of space astronomy. Life Gurzadyan was born in 1922 in Baghdad, to parents that survived the Armenian genocide. Upon graduating from ...

Rober Haddeciyan Rober Haddeciyan (also spelled and pronounced as Haddedjian) (, born 26 January 1926), also known as Rober Haddeler, is an Armenian writer, playwright, and since 1967 editor-in-chief of '' Marmara'', an Armenian-language daily newspaper. ''Marm ...

Richard Hovannisian Richard Gable Hovannisian (, November 9, 1932 – July 10, 2023) was an American historian and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known mainly for his four-volume history of the First Republic of Armenia, and for his ad ...

Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the c ...

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Yuri Khatchaturov Yuri Grigorii Khachaturov (; born 1 May 1952) is an Armenian general. He formerly served as the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia (2008–2016 ...

Dickran Kouymjian Dickran Kouymjian (; born 6 June 1934) is an Armenian-American writer, publisher, editor, historian and professor. Life Kouymjian was born to Armenian parents in Romania on June 6, 1934. At the time of his birth, his parents already had U.S. ci ...

Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (, ; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He is the longest-serving Russian foreign minister since Andrei Gromyko d ...

Arthur Meschian Arthur (Artashes) Meschian (; born March 3, 1949, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian architect, musician, composer, poet, singer and painter. He is also known as one of the founders of Armenian rock. He was the founder and the lead singer of Ap ...

Vladimir Movsisyan Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan (; 12 November 1933 – 5 November 2014) was a Soviet and Armenian politician. Biography He studied at Highest school of CPSU Central Committee. He ruled the agro-industry in Soviet Armenia. In 1990 he was the Fi ...

Arshak Petrosian Arshak B. Petrosian (; born December 16, 1953) is an Armenian chess player and National Coach. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1984. He won the Armenian Chess Championship in 1974 and 1976. He became a prominent Soviet to ...

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Vartan Sirmakes Vartan Sirmakes (; born 11 February 1956) is a businessman who is the owner of Ararat Yerevan and Lausanne Ouchy. References Living people 1956 births Place of birth missing (living people) Nationality missing Association football execu ...

Vahe Vahian Vahe-Vahian () was the pen name of Sarkis Abdalian (22 December 1908 – 1998), an Armenian poet, writer, editor, pedagogue and orator. Personal life Vahe-Vahian was the fifth son of his parents; Hagop Abdalian, a merchant, and Azniv Vartabedi ...

Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (, ; born 15 April 1949) is a Russian singer and songwriter. Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love". For her ...

Rita Vorperian Rita Vorperian (Armenian: Ռիթա Որբերեան) is a journalist, writer, translator, and researcher. She has served as teaching fellow and lecturer in Western Armenian at UCLA. She was the former executive director of the Armenian Relief S ...

Paul Guiragossian Paul Guiragossian (December 25, 1926 - November 20, 1993) was an Armenian-Lebanese artist from Jerusalem known for expressive paintings that often explored themes of identity and conflict. His works are characterized by the use of human figures, b ...

Émile Lahoud Émile Jamil Lahoud (born 12 January 1936) is a Lebanese politician who served as the 11th president of Lebanon from 1998 to 2007. During his presidency, the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, that had lasted since 1982, ended in May 2000. ...

Alexey Miller Alexey Borisovich Miller (; born 31 January 1962) is a Russian businessman. Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company Gazprom, Russia's largest state-own ...

Yuri Oganessian Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (born 14 April 1933) is an Armenian and Russian nuclear physicist who is best known as a researcher of superheavy elements. He has led the discovery of multiple chemical elements. He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as dir ...

Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian (born 1 October 1967) is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pres ...

- the first Nobel Prize Laureate of Armenian origin

References

{{Reflist Orders, decorations, and medals of Armenia Awards established in 1993 1993 establishments in Armenia