Bagrat Ioannisiani Explained

Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani
Birth Place:	Yerevan, Armenia
Death Place:	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Nationality:	Soviet Union
Known For:	Chief designer of the BTA-6 telescope
Awards:	Hero of Socialist Labor (1977)

Bagrat Konstantinovich Ioannisiani (born in Yerevan, Armenia, died 10 December 1985 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet telescope designer of Armenian descent.

He was the chief designer of the BTA-6, one of the largest telescopes in the world.^[1] He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1957.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: World's biggest telescope shows off its paces. New Scientist. 5 December 1974. 715.
2. Book: Gunther, John. John Gunther

   . Inside Russia today. registration. John Gunther. 273. 1958. Harper. 405902.