| 31 Oct. 1911 | was born in a family of “zemsky” doctor in town Chirikov, now Belarus |
| 1929—1934 | student at Kiev Polytechnic Institute |
| 1934—2000 | work in Kharkov in the theoretical department (headed by L.D.Landau) of Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology (at that time Ukrainian Physical-Technical Institute — UPhTI) |
| 1936 | started as a lecturer at the Kharkov Electrotechnical Institute |
| 1936 | received PhD (candidate) degree in physics and mathematics (Kharkov, KIPT) |
| 1936—1990 | lecturer, professor at Kharkov State University (KSU) |
| 1938—1988 | head of the Department of Theoretical Nuclear Physics at UPhTI |
| 1940 | received Doctor of Science degree in physics and mathematics (Kharkov, KIPT) |
| 1940—1941 | professor, head of the chair “Theoretical Physics” at KSU |
| 1945—1975 | professor, head of the chair “Theoretical Nuclear Physics” at KSU |
| 1942—1944 | worked at UPhTI evacuated in Alma-Ata |
| 1944—1952 | worked in the Laboratory #2 (I.V.Kurchatov Institute of Nuclear Energy) |
| 1945 | decorated with medal “For Viliant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945” |
| 1950 | awarded with L.I.Mandelstam Prize (physics) of Academy of Sciences of the USSR for his work “Some Problems of Nuclear Theory” |
| 1951—1964 | bywork as professor at the Artillery Radiotechnical Academy |
| 1954 | decorated with the “Order of the Badge of Honour” |
| 1956–1959 | Deputy Director of Science of Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 1958 | elected to Academy of Sciences of UkrSSR as a corresponding member |
| 1964 | elected to Academy of Sciences of the UkrSSR as a full member |
| 1971 | decorated with the “The Order of Red Banner of Labor” |
| 1978 | awarded with K.Sinelnikov Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR for series of works “High frequency relaxation processes in magnets” |
| 1981 | decorated with the second “The Order of Red Banner of Labor” |
| 1986 | awarded with honorary title “Honoured Science Worker of the UkrSSR” by the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the UkrSSR |
| 1986 | awarded with the State Prize of the UkrSSR in the field of science and engineering for series of works “Discovery and Research of the Dynamic Phenomena Connected with Phonon Interactions in Magnetic Crystals” |
| 1995 | complete blindness |
| 1995 | awarded with N.Bogolyubov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for series of works “Quantum and stochastic developmental systems in theory of perturbations” |
| 1996 & 1999 | decorated with Ukrainian President’s medal “The Order of Merit” of 2nd and 3rd class |
| 1998 | awarded with “The International I.Pomeranchuk Prize of ITEP” (Moscow) |
| 2000 | awarded with A.Davydov Prize of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for series of works “Interaction of particles of high energy with atomic nucleus and crystals” |
| 4 May 2000 | A.I.Akhiezer died in Kharkov on 89th year of life |
| 2002 | awarded (posthumously) with State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and engineering for the series of works “Effects of collectivization of states and correlation at diffraction and diffuse scattering, channelling and radiation of high-energy particles in crystals with defects” |