IGES Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology after A. Nazarov

Digital archive

The institute keeps old photographs, albums, paper seismograms and documents that tell the history of seismology in Armenia and the Caucasus. In this digital archive we publish them in high resolution: click any page to open it, zoom in with the mouse wheel or with two fingers, and drag to look at the details.

Collection 1

Seismic Stations of the Caucasus, 1973

Photo album · Tbilisi, “Metsniereba” · 500 copies · selected pages · original kept at IGES · Read the story

Cover of the album
Cover of the album
Map of the seismic stations of the Caucasus
Map of the seismic stations of the Caucasus
Yerevan, since 1931. Seismographs SK and VEGIK
Yerevan, since 1931. Seismographs SK and VEGIK
Leninakan (Gyumri), since 1946
Leninakan (Gyumri), since 1946
Leninakan: seismographs SKM-3, VEGIK, SKD, SD-1
Leninakan: seismographs SKM-3, VEGIK, SKD, SD-1
Leninakan: control panel of the station
Leninakan: control panel of the station
Stepanavan, since 1950
Stepanavan, since 1950
Stepanavan: seismographs SKM-3 and SKD
Stepanavan: seismographs SKM-3 and SKD
Goris, since 1951. Seismograph VEGIK
Goris, since 1951. Seismograph VEGIK
Tbilisi, since 1899, the oldest station in the album
Tbilisi, since 1899, the oldest station in the album

New collections are added as the archive is digitised. Originals are kept at IGES, Gyumri.